Chlamydiaceae are obligate intracellular pathogens that have successfully evolved to
colonize a diverse range of hosts. There are currently 11 described species of Chlamydia …

The genus Chlamydia contains important obligate intracellular bacterial pathogens to
humans and animals including C. trachomatis and C. pneumoniae. Since 1998, when the …

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 …

Chlamydia species infect millions of individuals worldwide and are important etiological
agents of sexually transmitted disease, infertility, and blinding trachoma. Historically, the …

Chlamydia spp. are important causes of human disease for which no effective vaccine
exists. These obligate intracellular pathogens replicate in a specialized membrane …

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 Chlamydiae phylum exclusively encompasses bacteria sharing a similar obligate
intracellular life cycle. Existing 16S rDNA data support a high diversity within the phylum …

The distinctive and unique features of the avian and mammalian zoonotic pathogen
Chlamydia (C.) psittaci include the fulminant course of clinical disease, the remarkably wide …

The recognition of genital chlamydial infection as an important public health problem was
made first by the recognition of its role in acute clinical syndromes, as well as in serious …

In the era of metagenomics and amplicon sequencing, comprehensive analyses of available
sequence data remain a challenge. Here we describe an approach exploiting metagenomic …