| Entry | T02948 |
| Org code | dpb |
| Name | Candidatus Babela massiliensis 673862 (delta proteobacterium BABL1) |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX: 673862 |
| Lineage | Bacteria; ; ; Candidatus Babeliae; Candidatus Babeliales; Candidatus Babeliaceae; Candidatus Babela; Candidatus Babela massiliensis |
| Org group | Bacteria; Bacteria incertae sedis; Babeliales |
| 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_000513475.1 (Complete Genome)
BioProject: 222461 |
| Comment | Obligate intracellular parasite of Acanthamoeba castellanii.
Shows an unusual, fission mode of cell multiplication whereby large, polymorphic bodies accumulate in the cytoplasm of infected amoeba and then split into mature bacterial cells.
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| Chromosome | Circular (GB: HG793133) |
| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 981
Number of RNA genes: 45
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| Created | 2013 |
| Reference | PMID: 25884386 |
| Authors | Pagnier I, Yutin N, Croce O, Makarova KS, Wolf YI, Benamar S, Raoult D, Koonin EV, La Scola B |
| Title | Babela massiliensis, a representative of a widespread bacterial phylum with unusual adaptations to parasitism in amoebae. |
| Journal | Biol Direct 10:13 (2015)
DOI: 10.1186/s13062-015-0043-z |
Candidatus Babela massiliensis