

@article {2402,
	title = {{Diversity of bacterial endosymbionts of environmental acanthamoeba isolates.}},
	journal = {Applied and Environmental Microbiology},
	volume = {74},
	number = {18},
	year = {2008},
	month = {sep},
	pages = {5822{\textendash}31},
	abstract = {<p>Free-living amoebae are frequent hosts for bacterial endosymbionts. In this study, the symbionts of eight novel environmental Acanthamoeba strains isolated from different locations worldwide were characterized. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that they were related to one of four evolutionary lineages of amoeba symbionts recognized previously. This study provides evidence for the existence of only a small number of phylogenetically well-separated groups of obligate intracellular endosymbionts of acanthamoebae with global distribution.</p>
},
	issn = {1098-5336},
	doi = {10.1128/AEM.01093-08},
	author = {Schmitz-Esser, Stephan and Toenshoff, Elena R and Haider, Susanne and Heinz, Eva and Hoenninger, Verena M and Wagner, Michael and Horn, Matthias}
}
