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Chlamydia Trachomatis: Biology of the Agent

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Chlamydial Infections

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The genus Chlamydia is composed of two species of morphologically and developmentally related prokaryotic microorganisms. The chlamydiae are obligate intracellular microbes capable of replication only within the confines of a membrane- bound vesicle (inclusion) in the cytoplasm of susceptible eukaryotic host cells.

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Byrne, G.I. (1987). Chlamydia Trachomatis: Biology of the Agent. In: Reeve, P. (eds) Chlamydial Infections. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71202-9_8

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