Name: "Candidatus Parachlamydia acanthamoebae" Amann et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: a’canth.a.moe.bae. N.L. masc. n. Procabacter, pertaining to the microbiologist M. Proca-Ciobanu, who was the first to report rod-shaped intracellular symbionts in Acanthamoeba; N.L. gen. fem. n. acanthamoebae, of Acanthamoeba, taxonomic name of a genus of Acanthamoebidae, pertaining to the name of the host amoeba, Acanthamoeba sp. strain UWC12, in which the organism was first discovered

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC VR-1476; Bn9

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16S rRNA gene: Y07556 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Amann R, Springer N, Schonhuber W, Ludwig W, Schmid EN, Muller KD, Michel R. Obligate intracellular bacterial parasites of acanthamoebae related to Chlamydia spp. Appl Environ Microbiol 1997; 63:115-121.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Parachlamydia acanthamoebae Everett et al. 1999

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Parachlamydia acanthamoebae Everett et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".

Parent taxon: Parachlamydia Everett et al. 1999

Assigned by: Amann R, Springer N, Schonhuber W, Ludwig W, Schmid EN, Muller KD, Michel R. Obligate intracellular bacterial parasites of acanthamoebae related to Chlamydia spp. Appl Environ Microbiol 1997; 63:115-121.

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Record number: 4098