Chlamydiae are the major cause of preventable blindness and sexually transmitted disease.
Genome analysis of a chlamydia-related symbiont of free-living amoebae revealed that it is …

Analysis of the 1,042,519–base pair Chlamydia trachomatis genome revealed unexpected
features related to the complex biology of chlamydiae. Although chlamydiae lack many …

Chlamydiae are highly successful strictly intracellular bacteria associated with diverse
eukaryotic hosts. Here we analyzed metagenome-assembled genomes of the “Genomes …

Members of the phylum Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular bacteria that were discovered
about a century ago. Although Chlamydiae are major pathogens of humans and animals …

Background Various species of Chlamydia continue to provoke serious infections of humans
and animals worldwide, despite extensive work to better characterize the biology of the …

A driving force in the evolution of a microorganism is the ability to colonize a niche. A
vertebrate organism represents a unique niche, but to an infecting microbe it is simply an …

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 …

Chlamydia are obligate intracellular bacteria, characterized by a unique biphasic
developmental cycle. Specific interactions with the host cell are crucial for the bacteria's …

We know surprisingly little about the evolutionary origins of Chlamydia trachomatis. It causes
both ocular (trachoma) and sexually transmitted infections in humans, it is an obligate …

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