A clinical Acanthamoeba isolate harboring two distinct bacterial endosymbionts.

Abstract:

:Acanthamoebae feed on bacteria but are also frequent hosts of bacterial symbionts. Here, we describe the stable co-occurrence of two symbionts, one affiliated to the genus Parachlamydia and the other to the candidate genus Paracaedibacter (Alphaproteobacteria), within a clinical isolate of Acanthamoeba hatchetti genotype T4. We performed fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to describe this symbiosis. Our study adds to other reports of simultaneous co-occurrence of two symbionts within one Acanthamoeba cell.

journal_name

Eur J Protistol

authors

Müller A,Walochnik J,Wagner M,Schmitz-Esser S

doi

10.1016/j.ejop.2016.04.002

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-10-01 00:00:00

pages

21-25

eissn

0932-4739

issn

1618-0429

pii

S0932-4739(16)30021-9

journal_volume

56

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