FOOF_study
Obligate symbiont of a free-living amoeba
<b><i>Candidatus Amoebophilus asiaticus</i> 5a2</b>. <i>Candidatus Amoebophilus asiaticus</i> 5a2 is an obligate endosymbiont found in <i>Acanthamoeba</i> sp. TUMSJ-321. This bacterial strain could neither be maintained outside its original host nor transferred to other amoebae.