TY - JOUR
TI - Molecular Identification of a Phage-infected Protochlamydia Strain Naturally Harboured by Non-Encysting Naegleria
AU - Corsaro, Daniele
AU - Walochnik, Julia
AU - Venditti, Danielle
AU - Müller, Karl-Dieter
AU - Michel, Rolf
TI - Molecular Identification of a Phage-infected Protochlamydia Strain Naturally Harboured by Non-Encysting Naegleria
AB - A thermophilic strain of Naegleria clarki, isolated from a pond, has previously been investigated for its peculiarity to host a cytoplasmic symbiont, which causes a loss of the ability to form cysts. This endosymbiont, called Pcb, was itself infected by a phage, and exhibited chlamydia-like features resembling to another symbiont of Naegleria previously described as Protochlamydia naegleriophila. We report in this study, the results of amoeba host range and 16S rDNA molecular phylogeny of this strain, showing that Pcb is a new strain of the Naegleria endosymbiont chlamydial species Protochlamydia naegleriophila (Chlamydiae: Parachlamydiaceae).
VL - 2013
IS - Volume 52, Issue 4
PY - 2014
SN - 0065-1583
C1 - 1689-0027
SP - 273
EP - 281
DO - 10.4467/16890027AP.13.025.1316
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/acta-protozoologica/article/molecular-identification-of-a-phage-infected-protochlamydia-strain-naturally-harboured-by-non-encysting-naegleria
KW - Naegleria
KW - Protochlamydia
KW - Chlamydiae
KW - phage