Chlamydia replication
by Russell Kightley
Title
Chlamydia replication
Artist
Russell Kightley
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Digital Art
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Chlamydia replication or life cycle: Chlamydia are Gram negative bacteria which pass from cell to cell as tough, spherical (a proteinaceous cage lies just below the outer membrane), spore-like elementary bodies. EBs are furnished with projecting spikes (golden) that inject material into the host cells. Once in the cell, the EB expands and divides by binary fission. All this takes place inside a vacuole (inclusion) derived from the host cell membrane (the part of the cell surface that invaginated and surrounded the EB when it entered the cell). The vacuole expands and fills with new chlamydial particles. Eventually, the cell splits open and releases new elementary bodies. Chlamydia trachomatis is a major sexually transmitted disease and can go undetected causing infertility. It also causes the eye disease trachoma, which can lead to blindness.
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August 7th, 2012
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