Candidatus Syngnamydia Venezia, a Novel Member of the Phylum Chlamydiae from the Broad Nosed Pipefish, Syngnathus Typhle

Overview

Journal PLoS One

Specialties General Medicine
Science

Date 2013 Aug 17

PMID 23951025

Citations 16

Authors

Alexander Fehr

Elisabeth Walther

Heike Schmidt-Posthaus

Lisbeth Nufer

Anthony Wilson

Miroslav Svercel

Denis Richter

Helmut Segner

Andreas Pospischil

Lloyd Vaughan

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Abstract

Chlamydia are obligate intracellular bacteria and important pathogens of humans and animals. Chlamydia-related bacteria are also major fish pathogens, infecting epithelial cells of the gills and skin to cause the disease epitheliocystis. Given the wide distribution, ancient origins and spectacular diversity of bony fishes, this group offers a rich resource for the identification and isolation of novel Chlamydia. The broad-nosed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle) is a widely distributed and genetically diverse temperate fish species, susceptible to epitheliocystis across much of its range. We describe here a new bacterial species, Candidatus Syngnamydia venezia; epitheliocystis agent of S. typhle and close relative to other chlamydial pathogens which are known to infect diverse hosts ranging from invertebrates to humans.

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