Amoebal Endosymbiont Parachlamydia acanthamoebae Bn₉ Can Grow in Immortal Human Epithelial HEp-2 Cells at Low Temperature; An In Vitro Model System to Study Chlamydial Evolution

• Chikayo Yamane ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chikayo Yamane, Tomohiro Yamazaki

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, North-12, West-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

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• Tomohiro Yamazaki ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chikayo Yamane, Tomohiro Yamazaki

  Affiliations Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, North-12, West-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan, Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Kojimachi Business Center Building, 5-3-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Shinji Nakamura,

  Affiliation Division of Biomedical Imaging Research, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Junji Matsuo,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, North-12, West-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

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• Kasumi Ishida,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, North-12, West-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

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• Sumire Yamazaki,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, North-12, West-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

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• Satoshi Oguri,

  Affiliations Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, North-12, West-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan, Hokkaido University Hospital, North-14, West-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

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• Natsumi Shouji,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, North-12, West-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

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• Yasuhiro Hayashi,

  Affiliations Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, North-12, West-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan, Hokkaido University Hospital, North-14, West-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

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• Mitsutaka Yoshida,

  Affiliation Division of Ultrastructural Research, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yimin,

  Affiliation Department of Advanced Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Nishi-7, Kita-15, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

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• Hiroyuki Yamaguchi

  * E-mail: hiroyuki@med.hokudai.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, North-12, West-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

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