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Chlamydia bacterium yields surprise genome

Scientists have deciphered all the genes of the bacterium that causes chlamydia, the most common sexually transmitted bacterial disease in the United States; solved some mysteries about the pathogen; and opened new avenues for research.

 

References:

Hatch, T. 1998. Chlamydia: Old ideas crushed new mysteries bared. Science 282(Oct. 23):638.

Stephens, R.S., et al. 1998. Genome sequence of an obligate intracellular pathogen of humans: Chlamydia trachomatis. Science 282(Oct. 23):754.

 

Further Readings:

Fackelmann, K.A. 1997. Can you catch heart disease? Science News 151(June 14):375.

Travis, J. 1996. Swallowing Shigella. Science News 149(May 11):302.

 

Sources:

Thomas P. Hatch
University of Tennessee
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Memphis, TN 38163

Richard S. Stephens
University of California, Berkeley
Program in Infectious Diseases
Berkeley, CA 94720

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 17, October 24, 1998, p. 261.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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