Microbial Evolution: Chlamydial Creatures from the Deep

John A Fuerst

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.086

Microbial Evolution: Chlamydial Creatures from the Deep

Curr Biol. 2020 Mar 23;30(6):R267-R269. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.086.

Author

John A Fuerst¹

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia 4072, QLD, Australia. Electronic address: j.fuerst@uq.edu.au.

PMID: 32208150
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.086

Abstract

A metagenomic study of marine sediments from a hydrothermal vent field in the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge revealed wider diversity amongst members of the phylum Chlamydiae than was previously known. Unlike known chlamydiae, some of the newly described marine-sediment species may be potentially free-living.

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MeSH terms

Arctic Regions
Bacteria* / genetics
Geologic Sediments
Hydrothermal Vents*
Phylogeny
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Substances

RNA, Ribosomal, 16S