Fritsche, Thomas R.


Publications
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‘Candidatus Protochlamydia amoebophila’, an endosymbiont of Acanthamoeba spp

Citation
Collingro et al. (2005). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 55 (5)
Names
Ca. Protochlamydia amoebophila
Abstract
The obligately intracellular coccoid bacterium UWE25, a symbiont of Acanthamoeba spp., was previously identified as being related to chlamydiae based upon the presence of a chlamydia-like developmental cycle and its 16S rRNA gene sequence. Analysis of its complete genome sequence demonstrated that UWE25 shows many characteristic features of chlamydiae, including dependency on host-derived metabolites, composition of the cell envelope and the ability to thrive as an energy parasite within the cel