Abstract
The application of whole-genome sequencing has moved us on from sequencing single genomes to defining unravelling population structures in different niches, and at the -species, -serotype or even -genus level, and in local, national and global settings. This has been instrumental in cataloguing and revealing a huge a range of diversity in this bacterium, when at first we thought there was little. Genomics has challenged assumptions, added insight, as well as confusion and glimpses of truths. What is clear is that at a time when we start to realise the extent and nature of the diversity contained within a genus or a species like this, the huge depth of knowledge communities have developed, through cell biology, as well as the new found molecular approaches will be more precious than ever to link genotype to phenotype. Here we detail the technological developments and insights we have seen during the relatively short time since we began to see the hidden genome of Chlamydia trachomatis.
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Hadfield, J., Bénard, A., Domman, D., Thomson, N. (2017). The Hidden Genomics of Chlamydia trachomatis. In: Häcker, G. (eds) Biology of Chlamydia . Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, vol 412. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/82_2017_39
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