Procabacteriaceae

Procabacteriaceae
Scientific classification
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"Procabacteriales"
Family:
"Procabacteriaceae"
Genus and species

"Procabacteriaceae" is a Candidatus family of uncultivated Gram-negative Betaproteobacteria. The sole genus, "Candidatus Procabacter", was identified as an obligate endosymbiont of Acanthamoeba.[1][2]

  1. ^ Horn, M; Fritsche, TR; Linner, T; Gautom, RK; Harzenetter, MD; Wagner, M (March 2002). "Obligate bacterial endosymbionts of Acanthamoeba spp. related to the beta-Proteobacteria: proposal of 'Candidatus Procabacter acanthamoebae' gen. nov., sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (Pt 2): 599–605. doi:10.1099/00207713-52-2-599. PMID 11931173.Open access icon
  2. ^ Heinz, E; Kolarov, I; Kästner, C; Toenshoff, ER; Wagner, M; Horn, M (June 2007). "An Acanthamoeba sp. containing two phylogenetically different bacterial endosymbionts". Environmental Microbiology. 9 (6): 1604–1609. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01268.x. PMC 1974821. PMID 17504498.Open access icon