| Entry | T00116 |
| Org code | twh |
| Name | Tropheryma whipplei Twist |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX:203267 |
| Lineage | Bacteria; Bacillati; Actinomycetota; Actinomycetes; Micrococcales; Tropherymataceae; Tropheryma; Tropheryma whipplei |
| Org group | Bacteria; Actinomycetota; Micrococcales |
| Brite | KEGG organisms [BR:br08601]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611] |
| Data source | GenBank (Assembly: GCA_000007485.1 Complete Genome) |
| Keywords | Human pathogen |
| Disease | H00352 Whipple disease |
| Comment | Known reduced genome species (<1 Mb) within the Actinobacteria.
Bacterial agent of Whipple's disease.
Possesses an atypical envelope and a thick cell wall. |
| Chromosome | Circular (GB: AE014184) |
| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 808
Number of RNA genes: 54 |
| Created | 2003 |
| Reference | PMID: 12902375 |
| Authors | Raoult D, Ogata H, Audic S, Robert C, Suhre K, Drancourt M, Claverie JM. |
| Title | Tropheryma whipplei twist: a human pathogenic actinobacteria with a reduced genome. |
| Journal | Genome Res 13:1800-9 (2003)
DOI: 10.1101/gr.1474603 |
