Neochlamydia hartmannellae gen. nov., sp. nov. (Parachlamydiaceae), an endoparasite of the amoeba Hartmannella vermiformis

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1231-1239

  Horn, Matthias ^a   Wagner, Michael ^a   Müller, Karl Dieter ^b   Schmid, Ernst N ^b   Fritsche, Thomas R ^c   Schleifer, Karl Heinz ^a   Michel, Rolf ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Endoparasite; Hartmannella; Neochlamydia hartmannellae; Parachlamydiaceae

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA 16S;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CYTOLYSIS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCYTOSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; HOST CELL; LIFE CYCLE; NEOCHLAMYDIA HARTMANNELLAE; NONHUMAN; PARACHLAMYDIACEAE; PARASITOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SARCODINA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; COCCOIDEA; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; HARTMANNELLA; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; NEOCHLAMYDIA HARTMANNELLAE; PARACHLAMYDIACEAE; PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; RICKETTSIALES; SARCODINA;

EID: 0034067069     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-5-1231     Document Type: Article

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