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.
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General Information: This organism is a facultatively anaerobic, hyperthermophilic archaeon, first isolated from a hot spring in the Philippines. Pyrobaculum calidifontis cannot use sulfur compounds for anaerobic growth and is only able to grow anaerobically using nitrate as an electron acceptor.