Tropheryma whipplei

Classification

Higher order taxa

Cellular Organisms; Bacteria; Actinobacteria; Actinobacteria (class); Actinobacteridae; Actinomycetales; Micrococcineae; Cellulomonadaceae; Tropheryma; Tropheryma Whipplei (Bischoff).

Genus

Genus: Tropheryma Species: Whipplei

Description and significance

Tropheryma whipplei is

Genome structure

With a 0.92 Mb genome (Crapoulet)

Ecology

Tropheryma whipplei is suspected to have an environmental origin (Crapoulet).

Pathology

Tropheryma whipplei is indeed a pathogen that causes disease in human beings. This poorly-known pathogen is responsible for causing Whipple disease (Crapoulet).

References

1. Bischoff, Joe, et al. "Tropheryma whipplei." Taxonomy Browser. 10 Jan. 2007. NCBI. 1 June 2007

    <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/
    wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=2039&lvl=3&p=mapview&p=has_linkout&p=blast_url&p=genome_blast&lin=f&keep=1&sr
    chmode=1&unlock>. 

2. Crapoulet, Nicolas, et al. "Global Transcriptome Analysis of Tropheryma whipplei in Response to

    Temperature Stresses." Journal of Bacteriology 188.14 (July 2006): 28-39. American Society for
    Microbiology. Ed. Jack Kenney. 24 Apr. 2006. PubMed Central. 30 May 2007
    <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1539978>. 

Edited by Sophia Gevorkian, student of Rachel Larsen and Kit Pogliano.