Divergence without difference: Phylogenetics and taxonomy of Chlamydia resolved

Stephens, RS; Myers, G; Eppinger, M; Bavoil, PM

Divergence without difference: Phylogenetics and taxonomy of Chlamydia resolved

Stephens, RS Myers, G

Eppinger, M Bavoil, PM

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology, 2009, 55 (2), pp. 115 - 119
Issue Date:: 2009-03-01

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dc.contributor.author	Stephens, RS	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Myers, G https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4756-4810	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Eppinger, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bavoil, PM	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-03-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology, 2009, 55 (2), pp. 115 - 119	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0928-8244	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/39746
dc.description.abstract	Members of Chlamydiaceae have been extensively characterized by complete genome sequencing. This information provides new understanding concerning their natural evolutionary history. Comparative genome analysis is consistent with the conclusion that host-divergent strains of Chlamydiae are closely related biologically and ecologically. The previous taxonomic separation of the genus based on ribosomal sequences is neither consistent with the natural history of the organism revealed by genome comparisons, nor widely used by the Chlamydia research community 8 years after its introduction; thus, it is proposed to reunite the Chlamydiaceae into a single genus, Chlamydia. © 2009 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/j.1574-695X.2008.00516.x	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Microbiology	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Chlamydia	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	DNA, Bacterial	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Evolution, Molecular	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Polymorphism, Genetic	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Genome, Bacterial	en_US
dc.title	Divergence without difference: Phylogenetics and taxonomy of Chlamydia resolved	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	55	en_US
utslib.for	1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology	en_US
utslib.for	1107 Immunology	en_US
utslib.for	1108 Medical Microbiology	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - ithree - Institute of Infection, Immunity and Innovation
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.issue	2	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	55	en_US

Abstract:

Members of Chlamydiaceae have been extensively characterized by complete genome sequencing. This information provides new understanding concerning their natural evolutionary history. Comparative genome analysis is consistent with the conclusion that host-divergent strains of Chlamydiae are closely related biologically and ecologically. The previous taxonomic separation of the genus based on ribosomal sequences is neither consistent with the natural history of the organism revealed by genome comparisons, nor widely used by the Chlamydia research community 8 years after its introduction; thus, it is proposed to reunite the Chlamydiaceae into a single genus, Chlamydia. © 2009 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.

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