The obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia psittaci is a known avian pathogen causing
psittacosis in birds and is capable of zoonotic transmission. In human pulmonary infections …

The development of a plasmid-based genetic transformation protocol for Chlamydia
trachomatis provides the basis for the detailed investigation of the function of the chlamydial …

Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen that infects hundreds
of millions of individuals globally, causing blinding trachoma and sexually transmitted …

The large number of sexually transmitted diseases and ocular trachoma cases that are
caused globally each year by Chlamydia trachomatis has made this organism a World …

Plasmid-free Chlamydia trachomatis serovar L2 organisms have been transformed with
chlamydial plasmid-based shuttle vectors pGFP:: SW2 and pBRCT using β-lactamase as a …

Species of Chlamydia are the etiologic agent of endemic blinding trachoma, the leading
cause of bacterial sexually transmitted diseases, significant respiratory pathogens, and a …

The genus Chlamydia consists of diverse, obligate intracellular bacteria that infect various
animals, including humans. Although chlamydial species share many aspects of the typical …

As obligate intracellular bacteria, Chlamydia spp. have evolved numerous, likely intricate,
mechanisms to create and maintain a privileged intracellular niche. Recent progress in …

Lateral gene transfer (LGT) facilitates many processes in bacterial ecology and
pathogenesis, especially regarding pathogen evolution and the spread of antibiotic …

Background Chlamydia is a common bacterial pathogen responsible for many diseases.
Methods for transforming this important organism using a β-lactamase as a selection marker …