The role of viable but non-infectious developmental forms in chlamydial biology

• Main Author: Alan Paul Hudson (auth)
• Other Authors: Andreas Pospischil (auth), Nicole Borel (auth), Robert V Schoborg (auth), Jan Rupp (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: stress response; chlamydia; Chronic Disease
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The chlamydiae are Gram-negative, obligate intracellular bacteria with a complex developmental cycle comprising a metabolically less-active, infectious stage, the elementary body (EB), and a metabolically more active stage, the reticulate body (RB). They are responsible for many acute and chronic di...