chlamydiae

(noun)

Chlamydiae is a bacterial phylum and class whose members are obligate intracellular pathogens.

Related Terms

  • inclusion body

Examples of chlamydiae in the following topics:

  • Chlamydiae

    • Many chlamydiae coexist in an asymptomatic state within specific hosts.
    • All known chlamydiae only grow by infecting eukaryotic host cells.
    • Chlamydiae can only grow where their host cells grow.
    • Chlamydia trachomatis, which causes the eye-disease trachoma and the sexually transmitted infection chlamydia.
    • Chlamydia infection is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in humans caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
  • Verrucomicrobia

    • The PVC group includes Chlamydiae, Lentisphaerae, Planctomycetes, Verrucomicrobia, Poribacteria and OP3.
    • This protein has a unique 3 amino acid insert in all sequenced Chlamydiae, Lentisphaerae and Verrucomicrobia species.
    • In addition, a conserved protein of unknown function is present in all sequenced species from the phyla Chlamydiae, Lentisphaerae, Planctomycetes and Verrucomicrobia.
    • The Planctomycetes may be basal to the Chlamydiae-Verrucomicrobia-Lentisphaerae clade.
  • Lymphogranuloma Venereum

    • The infectious agents are a few serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis : L1, L2, L2a, L2b and L3.
    • Basic diagram of the life cycle of the Chlamydiae.
    • The infectious agents of Lymphogranuloma venereum are a few serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis: L1, L2, L2a, L2b and L3.
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)

    • The most common infectious agents are Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae which are sexually transmitted.
    • Cells of Chlamydia are visible in the vacuoles.
  • Normal Eye Microbiota

    • These include: Chlamydia trachomatis, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, Haemophilus aegyptius, Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella spp, Neisseria spp, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Streptococcus viridians.
    • Some pathogens able to infect the conjunctiva, such as Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis, are thought to have special processes allowing them to attach to the conjunctival epithelium.
    • Chlamydia and Neisseria may be present in an infected mother and show up on the cervical and vaginal epithelium.
  • Special Culture Techniques

    • Exemplified by the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis, the bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted infection (STI) in humans known as Chlamydia.
    • As Chlamydia trachomatis only grows in humans.
    • It includes various bacteria and viruses that cause only mild disease to humans or are difficult to contract via aerosol in a lab setting such as chlamydia.
    • Light microscope view of cells infected with chlamydiae as shown by the brown inclusion bodies.
  • Genital Ulcer Diseases

    • Among the most common are Herpes simplex virus (HSV), the genital herpes agent ; Treponema pallidum, that causes syphilis; Chlamydia trachomatis, the cause of chlamydia; and Haemophilus ducreyi, the chancroid agent.
  • Bacterial Eye Diseases

    • Bacteria such as Chlamydia trachomatis or Moraxella can cause a non-exudative but persistent conjunctivitis without much redness.
    • Newborns can also develop chlamydia eye infection through childbirth.
    • Chlamydia can affect infants by causing spontaneous abortion, premature birth, and conjunctivitis, which may lead to blindness and pneumonia.
    • Conjunctivitis due to chlamydia typically occurs one week after birth (compared with chemical causes (within hours) or gonorrhea (2–5 days)).
  • Nongonococcal Urethritis (NGU)

    • The most common bacterial agent is Chlamydia trachomatis (about a quarter to half of all NGU cases), though others include Ureaplasma urealyticum, Haemophilus vaginalis and Mycoplasma genitalium.
  • Planctomycetes

    • RNA sequencing shows that the planctomycetes are related to the Verrucomicrobia and possibly the Chlamydiae.
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