Chlamydia trachomatis
Chlamydia trachomatis is a small bacterium, is one of three species in the genus Chlamydia. It cannot grow outside a living cell. In this respect it resembles a virus, but it is actually a very sophisticated organism.
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| C. trachomatis inclusion bodies (brown) in a McCoy cell culture. | |
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| Species: | C. trachomatis
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| Chlamydia trachomatis Busacca, 1935
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Chlamydia Trachomatis Media
Basic diagram of the life cycle of the Chlamydiae.
