Parachlamydia acanthamoebae

Parachlamydia acanthamoebae
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Chlamydiota
Class:
Chlamydiia
Order:
Chlamydiales
Family:
Parachlamydiaceae
Genus:
Parachlamydia
Species:
P. acanthamoebae
Binomial name
Parachlamydia acanthamoebae
Amann et al 1997[1]

Parachlamydia acanthamoebae are bacterium that fall into the category of host-associated microorganisms.[2] This bacterium lives within free-living amoebae that are an intricate part of their reproduction.[2] Originally named Candidatus Parachlamydia acanthamoebae, its current scientific name was introduced shortly after.[2] This species has shown to have over eighty percent 16S rRNA gene sequencing identity with the class Chlamydiia.[3] Parachlamydia acanthamoebae has the same family as the genus Neochlamydia with which it shares many similarities.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Amann 1997 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d Greub, Gilbert; Mege, Jean-Louis; Gorvel, Jean-Pierre; Raoult, Didier; Méresse, Stéphane (28 January 2005). "Intracellular trafficking of Parachlamydia acanthamoebae". Cellular Microbiology. 7 (4): 581–589. doi:10.1111/j.1462-5822.2004.00488.x. PMID 15760458. S2CID 25462802.
  3. ^ a b Everett, Karin; Bush, Robin; Andersen, Arthur (1999). "Emended description of the order Chlamydiales, proposal of Parachlamydiaceae fam. nov. and Simkaniaceae fam. nov., each containing one monotypic genus, revised taxonomy of the family Chlamydiaceae, including a new genus and five new species, and standards for the identificationof organisms". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49 (2): 414–440. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-2-415. PMID 10319462.