Query: NC_010830:475248 Candidatus Amoebophilus asiaticus 5a2, complete genome
Lineage: Amoebophilus asiaticus; Amoebophilus; Amoebophilaceae; Cytophagales; Bacteroidetes; Bacteria
General Information: Candidatus Amoebophilus asiaticus 5a2 is an obligate endosymbiont found in Acanthamoeba sp. TUMSJ-321. This organism is a member of the highly diverse bacterial phylum Bacteroidetes which includes the endosymbiont lineages represented by the sister taxa Candidatus A. asiaticus and Candidatus Cardinium hertigii, a symbiont of arthropods.
Subject: NC_014909:619407 Candidatus Blochmannia vafer str. BVAF chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Blochmannia vafer; Blochmannia; Enterobacteriaceae; Enterobacteriales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Candidatus Blochmannia is an obligate bacterial associate of Camponotus and related ant genera. Blochmannia vafer was isolated from Camponotus vafer workers and larvae collected from a single colony in the Coronado National Forest near Portal, Arizona, USA. Blochmannia is located within bacteriocytes, where the bacterial cells float freely in the host cytoplasm, and within oocytes of queens.