Open AccessBiology and intracellular life of chlamydia
Author(s) -
Maja Vivoda,
Ivana Ćirković,
Dorde Aleksić,
Lazar Ranin,
Slobodanka Đukić
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns1112561v
Subject(s) - chlamydiae , chlamydia , intracellular parasite , intracellular , biology , obligate , microbiology and biotechnology , chlamydia trachomatis , interferon , immunology , chlamydiales , ecology
Chlamydiae are Gram-negative obligate intracellular bacteria. The developmental cycle of Chlamydiae is specific and different from other bacteria. The elementary body is the infectious form of the organism, responsible for attaching to the target host cell and promoting its entry. The reticulate body is the larger, metabolically active form of the organism, synthesizing deoxyribonucleic acid, ribonucleic acid and proteins. The elementary body and reticulate body represent evolutionary adaptations to extracellular and intracellular environments.