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- Chlamydia is a genus of pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria that are obligate intracellular parasites. Chlamydia infections are the most common bacterial sexually transmitted diseases in humans and are the leading cause of infectious blindness worldwide.
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The Chlamydiaceae are a family of gram-negative bacteria that belongs to the phylum Chlamydiota, order Chlamydiales. Chlamydiaceae species express the family-specific lipopolysaccharide epitope αKdo- (2→8)-αKdo- (2→4)-αKdo (previously called the genus-specific epitope).
Chlamydia is a genus of pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria that are obligate intracellular parasites. Chlamydia infections are the most common bacterial sexually transmitted diseases in humans and are the leading cause of infectious blindness worldwide. [1]
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Apr 1, 2008 · The family Chlamydiaceae consists of one genus Chlamydia with three species that cause human disease: — C. trachomatis, which can cause urogenital infections, trachoma, conjunctivitis, pneumonia...
May 24, 2019 · The Chlamydiaceae family comprises a group of Gram-negative, obligate intracellular microorganisms that have a propensity to infect the mucosal area, which can cause diseases in both humans and animals.
- Heng Choon Cheong, Chalystha Yie Qin Lee, Yi Ying Cheok, Grace Min Yi Tan, Chung Yeng Looi, Won Fen ...
- 2019
May 24, 2022 · The phylum Chlamydiae was originally regarded as a small group of obligate intracellular bacteria infecting humans and few animal species [ 1 ]. Today, the chlamydiae are known to be associated...
The group consists of a single genus, Chlamydia (order Chlamydiales, class Chlamydiaceae). This genus contains the species C trachomatis and C psittaci, as well as a new organism, the TWAR organism, which has recently been proposed as a third species ( C pneumoniae ). All three species cause disease in humans.