Twenty years of research into Chlamydia-like organisms: a revolution in our understanding of the biology and pathogenicity of members of the phylum Chlamydiae

A Taylor-Brown, L Vaughan, G Greub… - FEMS Pathogens and …, 2015 - zora.uzh.ch
Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular bacteria that share a unique but remarkably conserved
biphasic developmental cycle that relies on a eukaryotic host cell for survival. Although the …

Chlamydial metabolism revisited: interspecies metabolic variability and developmental stage-specific physiologic activities

A Omsland, BS Sixt, M Horn… - FEMS microbiology …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Chlamydiae are a group of obligate intracellular bacteria comprising important human and
animal pathogens as well as symbionts of ubiquitous protists. They are characterized by a …

[HTML][HTML] Intracellular bacteria and adverse pregnancy outcomes

D Baud, G Greub - Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2011 - Elsevier
This review considers the role of intracellular bacteria in adverse pregnancy outcomes, such
as miscarriage, stillbirths, and preterm labour. The cause of miscarriage, stillbirth and …

[HTML][HTML] Role of Waddlia chondrophila placental infection in miscarriage

D Baud, G Goy, MC Osterheld, A Croxatto… - Emerging infectious …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Waddlia chondrophila is an intracellular bacterium suspected to cause human and bovine
abortion. We confirmed an association between antibodies against W. chondrophila and …

[HTML][HTML] Insight in the biology of Chlamydia-related bacteria

F Bayramova, N Jacquier, G Greub - Microbes and infection, 2018 - Elsevier
The Chlamydiales order is composed of obligate intracellular bacteria and includes the
Chlamydiaceae family and several family-level lineages called Chlamydia-related bacteria …

The high prevalence and diversity of Chlamydiales DNA within Ixodes ricinus ticks suggest a role for ticks as reservoirs and vectors of Chlamydia-related bacteria

L Pilloux, S Aeby, R Gaümann, C Burri… - Applied and …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
The Chlamydiales order is composed of nine families of strictly intracellular bacteria. Among
them, Chlamydia trachomatis, C. pneumoniae, and C. psittaci are established human …

The role of peptidoglycan in chlamydial cell division: towards resolving the chlamydial anomaly

N Jacquier, PH Viollier, G Greub - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Chlamydiales are obligate intracellular bacteria including some important pathogens
causing trachoma, genital tract infections and pneumonia, among others. They share an …

Cell wall precursors are required to organize the chlamydial division septum

N Jacquier, A Frandi, T Pillonel, PH Viollier… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Members of the Chlamydiales order are major bacterial pathogens that divide at mid-cell,
without a sequence homologue of the FtsZ cytokinetic tubulin and without a classical …

Importance of amoebae as a tool to isolate amoeba‐resisting microorganisms and for their ecology and evolution: the Chlamydia paradigm

C Kebbi‐Beghdadi, G Greub - Environmental microbiology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Free‐living amoebae are distributed worldwide and are frequently in contact with humans
and animals. As cysts, they can survive in very harsh conditions and resist biocides and …

Biotic host–pathogen interactions as major drivers of plastid endosymbiosis

U Cenci, D Bhattacharya, APM Weber, C Colleoni… - Trends in plant …, 2017 - cell.com
The plastid originated 1.5 billion years ago through a primary endosymbiosis involving a
heterotrophic eukaryote and an ancient cyanobacterium. Phylogenetic and biochemical …