Eubacteria

CHLAMYDIA //Chlamydia trachomatis//, under the Genus Chlamydia and the Kingdom Eubacteria, is a harmful bacteria.



__Introduction __ Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the bacterium, //Chlamydia trachomatis//, which can damage a woman's reproductive organs. Even though symptoms of chlamydia are usually mild or absent, serious complications that cause irreversible damage, including infertility, can occur "silently" before a woman ever recognizes a problem. Chlamydia also can cause discharge from the penis of an infected man.

__FEATURES __ Chlamydia may be found in the form of an elementary body and a reticulate body. The elementary body is the non-replicating infectious particle that is released when infected cells rupture. The elementary body is responsible for the bacteria's ability to spread from person to person. It does that with spores.

The elementary body may be 0.25 to 0.3 μm in diameter. This form is protected by a cell wall and contains a DNA genome. It also contains a cryptic DNA plasmid. Ribosomes and ribosomal subunits are found in these bodies. It is estimated that one phagolysosome usually produces 100-1000 elementary bodies.

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Sources

http://www.cdc.gov/std/chlamydia/stdfact-chlamydia.htm http://www.chlamydiae.com/biologyindex.asp