Pilibacter

Pilibacter is a genus of bacteria of the Enterococcaceae. This genus contains a single species, Pilibacter termitis, strains of which were isolated from a termite (Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki).^[1]

Pilibacter
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Lactobacillales
Family:	Enterococcaceae
Genus:	Pilibacter Higashiguchi et al. 2006[1]
Species:	P. termitis
Binomial name
Pilibacter termitis Higashiguchi et al. 2006[2]

Bacteria in this genus have been found in the respiratory tracts of human patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.^[3]