title: Genome-wide recombination in Chlamydia trachomatis.
abstract: A new study reports comparative genomic analysis of 52 geographically diverse strains of Chlamydia trachomatis. The authors reconstruct a genome-wide phylogeny of the species and report extensive genome-wide recombination across multiple lineages of this intracellular bacterial pathogen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: Sandeep J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: Timothy D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Read
mesh_terms: D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000235:genetics*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D011995:Recombination, Genetic