TY - JOUR
T1 - Diversity of bacterial endosymbionts of environmental acanthamoeba isolates
AU - Schmitz-Esser, Stephan
AU - Toenshoff, Elena R
AU - Haider, Susanne
AU - Heinz, Eva
AU - Hoenninger, Verena M
AU - Wagner, Michael
AU - Horn, Matthias
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Free-living amoebae are frequent hosts for bacterial endosymbionts. In this study, the symbionts of eight novel environmental Acanthamoeba strains isolated from different locations worldwide were characterized. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that they were related to one of four evolutionary lineages of amoeba symbionts recognized previously. This study provides evidence for the existence of only a small number of phylogenetically well-separated groups of obligate intracellular endosymbionts of acanthamoebae with global distribution.
AB - Free-living amoebae are frequent hosts for bacterial endosymbionts. In this study, the symbionts of eight novel environmental Acanthamoeba strains isolated from different locations worldwide were characterized. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that they were related to one of four evolutionary lineages of amoeba symbionts recognized previously. This study provides evidence for the existence of only a small number of phylogenetically well-separated groups of obligate intracellular endosymbionts of acanthamoebae with global distribution.
UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18641160
U2 - 10.1128/AEM.01093-08
DO - 10.1128/AEM.01093-08
M3 - Article
SN - 0099-2240
VL - 74
SP - 5822
EP - 5831
JO - Applied and Environmental Microbiology
JF - Applied and Environmental Microbiology
IS - 18
ER -