[HTML][HTML] Environmental metagenomic assemblies reveal seven new highly divergent chlamydial lineages and hallmarks of a conserved intracellular lifestyle

T Pillonel, C Bertelli, G Greub - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The Chlamydiae phylum exclusively encompasses bacteria sharing a similar obligate
intracellular life cycle. Existing 16S rDNA data support a high diversity within the phylum …

Integrating metagenomic and amplicon databases to resolve the phylogenetic and ecological diversity of the Chlamydiae

I Lagkouvardos, T Weinmaier, FM Lauro… - The ISME …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
In the era of metagenomics and amplicon sequencing, comprehensive analyses of available
sequence data remain a challenge. Here we describe an approach exploiting metagenomic …

[HTML][HTML] Pangenomics reveals alternative environmental lifestyles among chlamydiae

S Köstlbacher, A Collingro, T Halter, F Schulz… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Chlamydiae are highly successful strictly intracellular bacteria associated with diverse
eukaryotic hosts. Here we analyzed metagenome-assembled genomes of the “Genomes …

[HTML][HTML] Genome organization and genomics in Chlamydia: whole genome sequencing increases understanding of chlamydial virulence, evolution, and phylogeny

LDW Luu, V Kasimov, S Phillips, GSA Myers… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The genus Chlamydia contains important obligate intracellular bacterial pathogens to
humans and animals, including C. trachomatis and C. pneumoniae. Since 1998, when the …

Chlamydia genomics: providing novel insights into chlamydial biology

NL Bachmann, A Polkinghorne, P Timms - Trends in microbiology, 2014 - cell.com
Chlamydiaceae are obligate intracellular pathogens that have successfully evolved to
colonize a diverse range of hosts. There are currently 11 described species of Chlamydia …

A phylogenomic and molecular markers based analysis of the phylum Chlamydiae: proposal to divide the class Chlamydiia into two orders, Chlamydiales and …

RS Gupta, S Naushad, C Chokshi, E Griffiths… - Antonie Van …, 2015 - Springer
The phylum Chlamydiae contains nine ecologically and genetically diverse families all
placed within a single order. In this work, we have completed a comprehensive comparative …

Speciation in Chlamydia: Genomewide Phylogenetic Analyses Identified a Reliable Set of Acquired Genes

C Ortutay, Z Gaspari, G Toth, E Jager, G Vida… - Journal of molecular …, 2003 - Springer
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), a process through which genomes acquire sequences from
distantly related organisms, is believed to be a major source of genetic diversity in bacteria …

Divergence without difference: phylogenetics and taxonomy of Chlamydia resolved

RS Stephens, G Myers, M Eppinger… - FEMS Immunology & …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Members of Chlamydiaceae have been extensively characterized by complete genome
sequencing. This information provides new understanding concerning their natural …

[HTML][HTML] BLAST screening of chlamydial genomes to identify signature proteins that are unique for the Chlamydiales, Chlamydiaceae, Chlamydophila and Chlamydia …

E Griffiths, MS Ventresca, RS Gupta - BMC genomics, 2006 - Springer
Background Chlamydiae species are of much importance from a clinical viewpoint. Their
diversity both in terms of their numbers as well as clinical involvement are presently believed …

[引用][C] International Committee on systematics of prokaryotes (ICSP) subcommittee on the taxonomy of Chlamydiae. Minutes of the closed meeting, 5 July 2018 …

N Borel, G Greub - International journal of systematic and …, 2019 - microbiologyresearch.org
A rapidly growing number of culture-independent studies describe Candidatus species
based on the analysis of their whole genome. A single genome is considered enough …