Pelistega
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| Genus: | Pelistega Vandamme et al. 1998 |
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| Pelistega europaea Vandamme et al. 1998 | |
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Pelistega is a genus of Gram-negative, aerobic bacteria in the family Alcaligenaceae. It was first described in 1998 with the type species Pelistega europaea, isolated from pigeons.
The genus currently includes four validly published species:
- Pelistega europaea – originally isolated from pigeons with respiratory disease in Belgium and Germany.
- Pelistega indica – originally isolated from the human gut
- Pelistega suis – originally isolated from domestic and wild pigs
- Pelistega ratti – originally isolated from a brown rat in China