The Chlamydia psittaci genome: a comparative analysis of intracellular pathogens.

Voigt A, Schöfl G, Saluz HP (2012) The Chlamydia psittaci genome: a comparative analysis of intracellular pathogens. PLOS One 7(4), e35097-e35097.

Abstract

Chlamydiaceae are a family of obligate intracellular pathogens causing a wide range of diseases in animals and humans, and facing unique evolutionary constraints not encountered by free-living prokaryotes. To investigate genomic aspects of infection, virulence and host preference we have sequenced Chlamydia psittaci, the pathogenic agent of ornithosis.

Leibniz-HKI-Authors

Hans Peter Saluz
Gerhard Schöfl

Identifier

doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035097

PMID: 22506068