Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding (parallel sequencing of DNA/RNA for
identification of whole communities within a targeted group) is revolutionizing the field of …

Chlamydiae have been known for more than a century as major pathogens of humans. Yet
they are also found ubiquitously in the environment where they thrive within protists and in …

The genus Chlamydia contains important obligate intracellular bacterial pathogens to
humans and animals, including C. trachomatis and C. pneumoniae. Since 1998, when the …

Our view of genome size in Archaea and Bacteria has remained skewed as the data has
been dominated by genomes of microorganisms that have been cultivated under laboratory …

Chlamydiae are highly successful strictly intracellular bacteria associated with diverse
eukaryotic hosts. Here we analyzed metagenome-assembled genomes of the “Genomes …

Ichthyosporea is an underexplored group of unicellular eukaryotes closely related to
animals. Thanks to their phylogenetic position, genomic content, and development through a …

Marine ecosystems are some of the most adverse environments on Earth and contain a
considerable portion of the global bacterial population, and some of these bacterial species …

The evolutionary origins of Bilateria remain enigmatic. One of the more enduring proposals
highlights similarities between a cnidarian-like planula larva and simple acoel-like …

Chlamydiae is a bacterial phylum composed of obligate animal and protist endosymbionts.
However, other members of the Planctomycetes–Verrucomicrobia–Chlamydiae …

Abstract The order Rickettsiales (Alphaproteobacteria) encompasses multiple diverse
lineages of host-associated bacteria, including pathogens, reproductive manipulators, and …