Chlamydiae in the environment
- Author(s)
- Astrid Horn, Stephan Köstlbacher, Matthias Horn
- 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.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science
- Journal
- Trends in Microbiology
- Volume
- 28
- Pages
- 877-888
- No. of pages
- 12
- ISSN
- 0966-842X
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2020.05.020
- Publication date
- 11-2020
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 106022 Microbiology
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology (medical), Infectious Diseases, Virology, Microbiology
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/1f889f08-b7d0-4047-9540-cce678623b5c