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Published on: October 23, 2013
Chlamydiae in the Environment
Astrid Collingro1, Stephan Köstlbacher1, Matthias Horn1
1Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Abstract:
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 an unmatched wide range of animals. This review summarizes recent advances in understanding chlamydial diversity and distribution in nature. Studying these environmental chlamydiae provides a novel perspective on basic chlamydial biology and evolution. A picture is beginning to emerge with chlamydiae representing one of the evolutionarily most ancient and successful groups of obligate intracellular bacteria.
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