Encyclopedia: Bacteria Chlamydia Trachomatis
Chlamydia trachomatis, an obligate intracellular human pathogen, is a bacterial species in the genus Chlamydia, family Chlamydiaceae, class Chlamydiae, phylum Chlamydiae, domain Bacteria. C. trachomatis cannot be stained with the Gram stain. C. trachomatis was the first chlamydial agent discovered in humans. It was identified in 1907. It comprises three human biovars: Urethritis , trachoma and lymphogranuloma venereum ). Many, but not all, C. trachomatis strains have an extrachromosomal plasmid....
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C. trachomatis is almost exclusively found in humans. There have been reports that trachomas (chronic infections of the eyes) had...
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