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. 2010 Dec 1;11(Suppl 3):S1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-S3-S1

Table 4.

Known intracellular bacterial pathogens or bacteria containing III/IV type secretion system, and intracellular parasitic protozoan

Bacteria Protista
Genus Type Number of species Genus Type Number of species

Enterobacteriaceae 245 Apicomplexa 187

Salmonella T3SS Babesia IPP

Yersinia pestis T3SS Cryptosporidium IPP

Shigella T3SS Plasmodium IPP

Escherichia T3SS Isospora IPP

Campylobacterales 76 Toxoplasma IPP

Campylobacter T4SS Theileria IPP

Helicobacter T4SS

Wolinella T4SS

Rhizobiales 346 Kinetoplastida 120

Brucella IPB Leishmania IPP

Bartonella IPB Trypanosoma IPP

Agrobacterium T4SS

Rickettsiales 83

Anaplasma IPB

Ehrlichia IPB

Wolbachia IPB

Rickettsia IPB

Chlamydiae 23

Chlamydia IPB

Legionellales 62

Legionella IPB

Coxiella IPB

Rickettsiella IPB

Mycobacteriaceae 168

Mycobacterium IPB

Listeriaceae 9

Listeria IPB

IPB: intracellular parasitic bacteria; IPP: intracellular parasitic protozoan; T3SS: type III secretion system; T4SS: type IV secretion system.