Uncultivated microbes in need of their own taxonomy

KT Konstantinidis, R Rosselló-Móra… - The ISME journal, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The great majority of microbial species remains uncultured, severely limiting their taxonomic
characterization and thus communication among scientists. Although Candidatus was …

The rebirth of culture in microbiology through the example of culturomics to study human gut microbiota

JC Lagier, P Hugon, S Khelaifia… - Clinical microbiology …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacterial culture was the first method used to describe the human microbiota, but this
method is considered outdated by many researchers. Metagenomics studies have since …

Current and past strategies for bacterial culture in clinical microbiology

JC Lagier, S Edouard, I Pagnier… - Clinical microbiology …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY A pure bacterial culture remains essential for the study of its virulence, its
antibiotic susceptibility, and its genome sequence in order to facilitate the understanding …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic analysis of 38 Legionella species identifies large and diverse effector repertoires

D Burstein, F Amaro, T Zusman, Z Lifshitz, O Cohen… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Infection by the human pathogen Legionella pneumophila relies on the translocation of∼
300 virulence proteins, termed effectors, which manipulate host cell processes. However …

[HTML][HTML] PCR biases distort bacterial and archaeal community structure in pyrosequencing datasets

AJ Pinto, L Raskin - 2012 - journals.plos.org
As 16S rRNA gene targeted massively parallel sequencing has become a common tool for
microbial diversity investigations, numerous advances have been made to minimize the …

The ecology and evolution of amoeba-bacterium interactions

Y Shi, DC Queller, Y Tian, S Zhang, Q Yan… - Applied and …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Amoebae are protists that have complicated relationships with bacteria, covering the whole
spectrum of symbiosis. Amoeba-bacterium interactions contribute to the study of predation …

The Planctomycetes, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae and sister phyla comprise a superphylum with biotechnological and medical relevance

M Wagner, M Horn - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2006 - Elsevier
In the rRNA-based tree of life four bacterial phyla, comprising the Planctomycetes,
Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae and Lentisphaerae, form together with the candidate phyla …

Chlamydiae as Symbionts in Eukaryotes

M Horn - Annu. Rev. Microbiol., 2008 - annualreviews.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Genome sequence of Rickettsia bellii illuminates the role of amoebae in gene exchanges between intracellular pathogens

H Ogata, B La Scola, S Audic, P Renesto, G Blanc… - PLoS …, 2006 - journals.plos.org
The recently sequenced Rickettsia felis genome revealed an unexpected plasmid carrying
several genes usually associated with DNA transfer, suggesting that ancestral rickettsiae …

Emerging role of Chlamydia and Chlamydia-like organisms in adverse pregnancy outcomes

D Baud, L Regan, G Greub - Current opinion in infectious diseases, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Emerging role of Chlamydia and Chlamydia-like organisms in a... : Current Opinion in Infectious
Diseases Emerging role of Chlamydia and Chlamydia-like organisms in adverse pregnancy …