Pilibacter

{{Short description|Monotypic genus of bacteria}}

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| taxon = Pilibacter termitis

| parent_authority = Higashiguchi et al. 2006{{cite web |title=Pilibacter Higashiguchi et al., 2006 |url=https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1008325 |website=Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |access-date=16 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202004123/https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1008325 |archive-date=2 December 2024 |language=en |url-status=live}}

| authority = Higashiguchi et al. 2006{{cite web |title=Pilibacter termitis |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=263852&mode=info |website=National Center for Biotechnology Information |access-date=17 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117015747/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=263852&mode=info |archive-date=17 January 2025 |language=en-US |url-status=live}}

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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).

Bacteria in this genus have been found in the respiratory tracts of human patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.{{cite journal|last1=Cui|first1=Zelin|last2=Zhou|first2=Yuhua|last3=Li|first3=Hong|last4=Zhang|first4=Yan|last5=Zhang|first5=Shulin|last6=Tang|first6=Shenjie|last7=Guo|first7=Xiaokui|title=Complex sputum microbial composition in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis|journal=BMC Microbiology|date=2012|volume=12|issue=1|pages=276|doi=10.1186/1471-2180-12-276|pmid=23176186|pmc=3541192 |doi-access=free }}