pelistega europaea pelistega europaea pelistega europaea is a gram-negative, aerobic bacterium from the genus of pelistega which can cause respiratory disease in pigeons. pelistega europaea scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: burkholderiales family: alcaligenaceae genus: pelistega species: p. europaea binomial name pelistega europaeavandamme et al. 1998 type strain atcc 700725, ccug 39967, cip 105809, cip 105842, hommez n57, lmg 10982, n57