Vannella sp. isolated from waterweed Elodea sp. was found infected by a chlamydia-like organism. This organism behaves like a parasite, causing the death through burst of its host. Once the vannellae degenerated, the parasite was successfully kept in laboratory within a Saccamoeba sp. isolated from the same waterweed sample, which revealed in fine through electron microscopy to harbor two bacterial endosymbionts: the chlamydial parasite we introduce and another endosymbiont initially and naturally present in the host. Herein, we provide molecular-based identification of both the amoeba host and its two endosymbionts, with special focus on the chlamydia parasite. High sequence similarity values of the 18S rDNA permitted to assign the amoeba to the species Saccamoeba lacustris (Amoebozoa, Tubulinea). The bacterial endosymbiont naturally harbored by the host belonged to Sphingomonas koreensis (Alpha-Proteobacteria). The chlamydial parasite showed a strict specificity for Saccamoeba spp., being unable to infect a variety of other amoebae, including Acanthamoeba, and it was itself infected by a bacteriophage. Sequence similarity values of the 16S rDNA and phylogenetic analysis indicated that this strain is a new member of the family Parachlamydiaceae, for which we propose the name "Candidatus Mesochlamydia elodeae."

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Vannella sp。从水草Elodea sp。被发现被一种衣原体样生物感染。这种生物的行为就像寄生虫,通过其宿主爆发而导致死亡。一旦vannellae退化,该寄生虫就成功地保存在实验室中的Saccamoeba sp。从相同的水草样品中分离出来,该样品通过电子显微镜精细地显示出藏有两种细菌内共生体: 我们引入的衣原体寄生虫和另一种内共生体最初并自然存在于宿主中。在此,我们提供了变形虫宿主及其两个内共生体的基于分子的鉴定,特别关注衣原体寄生虫。18S rDNA的高序列相似性值允许将变形虫分配给Saccamoeba lacustris (变形虫,Tubulinea) 物种。宿主自然携带的细菌内共生体属于韩国鞘氨醇单胞菌 (α-Proteobacteria)。衣原体寄生虫对Saccamoeba spp。表现出严格的特异性,无法感染包括棘阿米巴在内的多种其他变形虫,并且其本身被噬菌体感染。16S rDNA的序列相似性值和系统发育分析表明,该菌株是Parachlamydiaceae家族的新成员,为此我们提出了 “念珠菌Mesochlamydia elodeae” 的名称。

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