The Planctomycetes, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae and sister phyla comprise a superphylum with biotechnological and medical relevance

M Wagner, M Horn - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2006 - Elsevier
In the rRNA-based tree of life four bacterial phyla, comprising the Planctomycetes,
Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae and Lentisphaerae, form together with the candidate phyla …

Free-living amoebae and their intracellular pathogenic microorganisms: risks for water quality

V Thomas, G McDonnell, SP Denyer… - FEMS microbiology …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
An increasing number of microorganisms, including bacteria but also viruses and
eukaryotes, have been described as benefiting from interaction with free-living amoebae …

Free-living amoebae as hosts for and vectors of intracellular microorganisms with public health significance

C Balczun, PL Scheid - Viruses, 2017 - mdpi.com
Free-living amoebae (FLA) are parasites within both humans and animals causing a wide
range of symptoms and act as hosts of, and vehicles for phylogenetically diverse …

Chlamydiae as Symbionts in Eukaryotes

M Horn - Annu. Rev. Microbiol., 2008 - annualreviews.org
Members of the phylum Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular bacteria that were discovered
about a century ago. Although Chlamydiae are major pathogens of humans and animals …

Biodiversity of amoebae and amoeba-resisting bacteria in a hospital water network

V Thomas, K Herrera-Rimann, DS Blanc… - Applied and …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Free-living amoebae (FLA) are ubiquitous organisms that have been isolated from various
domestic water systems, such as cooling towers and hospital water networks. In addition to …

Unity in Variety—The Pan-Genome of the Chlamydiae

A Collingro, P Tischler, T Weinmaier… - Molecular biology …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Chlamydiae are evolutionarily well-separated bacteria that live exclusively within eukaryotic
host cells. They include important human pathogens such as Chlamydia trachomatis as well …

A Systematic Review of Intracellular Microorganisms within Acanthamoeba to Understand Potential Impact for Infection

B Rayamajhee, D Subedi, HK Peguda, MD Willcox… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Acanthamoeba, an opportunistic pathogen is known to cause an infection of the cornea,
central nervous system, and skin. Acanthamoeba feeds different microorganisms, including …

Twenty years of research into Chlamydia-like organisms: a revolution in our understanding of the biology and pathogenicity of members of the phylum Chlamydiae

A Taylor-Brown, L Vaughan, G Greub… - FEMS Pathogens and …, 2015 - zora.uzh.ch
Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular bacteria that share a unique but remarkably conserved
biphasic developmental cycle that relies on a eukaryotic host cell for survival. Although the …

Chlamydial metabolism revisited: interspecies metabolic variability and developmental stage-specific physiologic activities

A Omsland, BS Sixt, M Horn… - FEMS microbiology …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Chlamydiae are a group of obligate intracellular bacteria comprising important human and
animal pathogens as well as symbionts of ubiquitous protists. They are characterized by a …

Pathogenic potential of novel Chlamydiae and diagnostic approaches to infections due to these obligate intracellular bacteria

D Corsaro, G Greub - Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Novel chlamydiae are newly recognized members of the phylum Chlamydiales that are only
distantly related to the classic Chlamydiaceae, ie, Chlamydia and Chlamydophila species …