Clevelandina reticulitermitidis is a species of spirochete that is symbiotic in wood-eating cockroaches and termites, the type species of its genus.[1]
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| Species: | C. reticulitermitidis
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| Clevelandina reticulitermitidis Bermudes et al. 1988
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References
edit- ^ Bermudes, D.; Chase, D.; Margulis, L. (1988). "Morphology as a Basis for Taxonomy of Large Spirochetes Symbiotic in Wood-Eating Cockroaches and Termites: Pillotina gen. nov., nom. rev.; Pillotina calotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; Diplocalyx gen. nov., nom. rev.; Diplocalyx calotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; Hollandina gen. nov., nom. rev.; Hollandina pterotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; and Clevelandina reticulitermitidis gen. nov., sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 38 (3): 291–302. doi:10.1099/00207713-38-3-291. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 11542253.
Further reading
edit- Margulis, Lynn, and Gregory Hinkle. "Large symbiotic spirochetes: Clevelandina, Cristispira, Diplocalyx, Hollandina, and Pillotina." The prokaryotes. Springer New York, 1992. 3965–3978.
- Martin Dworkin; Stanley Falkow (13 July 2006). The Prokaryotes: Vol. 1: Symbiotic Associations, Biotechnology, Applied Microbiology. Springer. pp. 466–. ISBN 978-0-387-25476-0.
- Joseph Seckbach; Zvy Dubinsky (11 October 2010). All Flesh Is Grass: Plant-Animal Interrelationships. Springer. pp. 74–. ISBN 978-90-481-9316-5.
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