Engineering of obligate intracellular bacteria: progress, challenges and paradigms
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DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2017.59
Abstract: It is estimated that approximately one billion people are at risk of infection with obligate intracellular bacteria, but little is known about the underlying mechanisms that govern their life cycles. The difficulty in studying Chlamydia… read more here.
Keywords: engineering obligate; intracellular bacteria; progress; spp ... See more keywords
The life cycle-dependent transcriptional profile of the obligate intracellular amoeba symbiont Amoebophilus asiaticus
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DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiac001
Abstract: Abstract Free-living amoebae often harbor obligate intracellular bacterial symbionts. Amoebophilus (A.) asiaticus is a representative of a lineage of amoeba symbionts in the phylum Bacteroidota. Here, we analyse the transcriptome of A. asiaticus strain 5a2… read more here.
Keywords: cycle; asiaticus; life cycle; amoeba ... See more keywords
A Member of an Ancient Family of Bacterial Amino Acids Transporters Contributes to Chlamydia Nutritional Virulence and Immune Evasion
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DOI: 10.1128/iai.00483-22
Abstract: Many obligate intracellular bacteria, including members of the genus Chlamydia, cannot synthesize a variety of amino acids de novo and acquire these from host cells via largely unknown mechanisms. Previously, we determined that a missense… read more here.
Keywords: ancient family; amino acids; obligate intracellular; transporters contributes ... See more keywords
Identification and Structural Modeling of the RNA Polymerase Omega Subunits in Chlamydiae and Other Obligate Intracellular Bacteria
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DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03499-22
Abstract: Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular bacteria that replicate only inside eukaryotic cells. Previously, it has not been possible to identify a candidate gene encoding the chlamydial RNA polymerase ω subunit, and it has been hypothesized that… read more here.
Keywords: rna polymerase; subunit; chlamydial rna; obligate intracellular ... See more keywords
Microsporidia: Obligate Intracellular Pathogens Within the Fungal Kingdom.
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DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.funk-0018-2016
Abstract: Microsporidia are obligate intracellular pathogens related to Fungi. These organisms have a unique invasion organelle, the polar tube, which upon appropriate environmental stimulation rapidly discharges out of the spore, pierces a host cell's membrane, and… read more here.
Keywords: invasion; obligate intracellular; intracellular pathogens; microsporidia obligate ... See more keywords
Bringing genetics to heretofore intractable obligate intracellular bacterial pathogens: Chlamydia and beyond
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010669
Abstract: As their designation implies, obligate intracellular bacteria are microbes that have developed lifestyles so closely entwined with the cells of the hosts they infect that they can reproduce only within the confines of these cells.… read more here.
Keywords: obligate intracellular; spp; intracellular bacteria; host ... See more keywords