Chlamydia may live inside gut cells and cause recurrent infections, reserachers have found. Stock images of a man with an STI (main) and chlamydia bacteria (inset).

states "We wanted to know how the various molecular structures interact with each other and how the Chlamydia have developed to infect human cells as efficiently as possible. The bacterial protein ...

Chlamydia: How bacteria take over control Date: March 28, 2017 Source: Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, JMU Summary: To survive in human cells, chlamydiae have a lot of tricks in store.

When Chlamydia trachomatis infects a human cell, it faces a huge challenge: It must prevent the cell from triggering programmed cell death to prevent the bacteria from replicating and spreading ...

Bacteria that cause diseases, ... Original or copy: How Chlamydia manipulate the host cell. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 10 / 241009122528.htm.

Chlamydia cells can infiltrate our guts, ... that enabled them to see how the bacteria were getting into the cells. The results, published in PLOS Pathogens on Aug. 22, ...

Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, and Michigan State University, U.S., have discovered a type of molecule that can kill chlamydia bacteria, but spare bacteria that are important for health.

The bacteria that cause chlamydia might be trickier than we knew. In a new study this week, scientists have found evidence that these bacteria can hide in our intestines.

The teams from Würzburg and Berlin tried to infect the intestinal organoids with chlamydia. They discovered that the inner cell layer of the organoids is very resistant to the bacteria: the pathogens ...

A new study has shown that the bacteria that cause chlamydia in humans can infect cells in the gut, pictured in high resolution in this image. The bacteria are shown in green.

When Chlamydia trachomatis infects a human cell, it faces a huge challenge: It must prevent the cell from triggering programmed cell death to prevent the bacteria from replicating and spreading ...