Obligate bacterial endosymbionts of Acanthamoeba spp. related to the β-Proteobacteria: Proposal of 'Candidatus Procabacter acanthamoebae' gen. nov., sp. nov.

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 599-605

  Horn, Matthias ^a   Fritsche, Thomas R ^a   Linner, Tanja ^a   Gautom, Romesh K ^a   Harzenetter, Marit D ^a   Wagner, Michael ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

'Candidatus Procabacter acanthamoebae'; Acanthamoeba; Endosymbiont; Free living amoebae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; DNA 23S; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA LENTICULATA; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HELIX; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOSYMBIONT; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOST CELL; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCABACTER ACANTHAMOEBAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA LENTICULATA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CANDIDATUS; CANDIDATUS PROCABACTER ACANTHAMOEBAE; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIALES; CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; HAVOBACTERIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036206118     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-52-2-599     Document Type: Article

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