Microbial Evolution: Chlamydial Creatures from the Deep

Authors :: John A. Fuerst
Source :: Current Biology. 30:R267-R269
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2020.
Abstract: Summary 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.