Metabolic features of Protochlamydia amoebophila elementary bodies--a link between activity and infectivity in Chlamydiae.

The Chlamydiae are a highly successful group of obligate intracellular bacteria, whose members are remarkably diverse, ranging from major pathogens of humans and animals to symbionts of ubiquitous protozoa. While their infective developmental stage, the elementary body (EB), has long been accepted t...

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Main Authors: Barbara S Sixt, Alexander Siegl, Constanze Müller, Margarete Watzka, Anna Wultsch, Dimitrios Tziotis, Jacqueline Montanaro, Andreas Richter, Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Matthias Horn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23950718/?tool=EBI