[HTML][HTML] Chlamydiae in the environment

A Collingro, S Köstlbacher, M Horn - Trends in Microbiology, 2020 - cell.com
Chlamydiae have been known for more than a century as major pathogens of humans. Yet
they are also found ubiquitously in the environment where they thrive within protists and in …

[HTML][HTML] The Paradigms They Are a-Changin': past, present and future of PVC bacteria research

E Rivas-Marín, DP Devos - Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 2018 - Springer
These are exciting times for PVC researchers! The PVC superphylum is composed of the
bacterial phyla Planctomycetes, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae (those three founders giving …

[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 …

[PDF][PDF] Marine sediments illuminate Chlamydiae diversity and evolution

JE Dharamshi, D Tamarit, L Eme, CW Stairs, J Martijn… - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
The bacterial phylum Chlamydiae is so far composed of obligate symbionts of eukaryotic
hosts. Well known for Chlamydiaceae, pathogens of humans and other animals …

A new symbiotic nanoarchaeote (Candidatus Nanoclepta minutus) and its host (Zestosphaera tikiterensis gen. nov., sp. nov.) from a New Zealand hot spring

ES John, Y Liu, M Podar, MB Stott, J Meneghin… - Systematic and applied …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Three thermophilic Nanoarchaeota-Crenarchaeota symbiotic systems have been
described. We obtained another stable anaerobic enrichment culture at 80° C, pH 6.0 from a …

Genomic diversity and biosynthetic capabilities of sponge-associated chlamydiae

JE Dharamshi, N Gaarslev, K Steffen, T Martin… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Sponge microbiomes contribute to host health, nutrition, and defense through the production
of secondary metabolites. Chlamydiae, a phylum of obligate intracellular bacteria ranging …

[HTML][HTML] Chlamydiae–what's new?

K Zaręba-Marchewka… - Journal of veterinary …, 2020 - sciendo.com
3 Bedson SP, Bland JOW: A morphological study of psittacosis virus, with the description of
a developmental cycle. Br J Exp Pathol 1932, 13, 461–466. Bedson SP Bland JOW A …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell genomics of co-sorted Nanoarchaeota suggests novel putative host associations and diversification of proteins involved in symbiosis

JK Jarett, S Nayfach, M Podar, W Inskeep, NN Ivanova… - Microbiome, 2018 - Springer
Background Nanoarchaeota are obligate symbionts of other Archaea first discovered 16
years ago, yet little is known about this largely uncultivated taxon. While Nanoarchaeota …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Gene gain facilitated endosymbiotic evolution of Chlamydiae

JE Dharamshi, S Köstlbacher, ME Schön… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Chlamydiae is a bacterial phylum composed of obligate animal and protist endosymbionts.
However, other members of the Planctomycetes–Verrucomicrobia–Chlamydiae …