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.
References
External links LPSN entry for Pilibacter Pilibacter termitis gen. nov., sp. nov., a lactic acid bacterium from the hindgut of the Formosan subterranean termite (Coptotermes formosanus) (the original journal article describing the species)