UP000001227
Amoebophilus asiaticus (strain 5a2)
UniProtKB proteome
Proteome ID | UP000001227 |
Strain | 5a2 |
Taxonomy | Amoebophilus asiaticus (strain 5a2) |
Description
Candidatus Amoebophilus asiaticus (strain 5a2) is an obligate endosymbiont found in Acanthamoeba sp. TUMSJ-321. This bacterial strain could neither be maintained outside its original host nor transferred to other amoebae. This organism is a member of the highly diverse bacterial phylum Bacteroidetes which includes the endosymbiont lineages represented by the sister taxa Candidatus A. asiaticus and Candidatus Cardinium hertigii, a symbiont of arthropods.