Bringing genetics to heretofore intractable obligate intracellular bacterial pathogens: Chlamydia and beyond

Magnus Ölander; Barbara S. Sixt

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1010669

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Bringing genetics to heretofore intractable obligate intracellular bacterial pathogens: Chlamydia and beyond

Magnus Ölander,

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Barbara S. Sixt

* E-mail: barbara.sixt@umu.se

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5607-8902

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Bringing genetics to heretofore intractable obligate intracellular bacterial pathogens: Chlamydia and beyond

Magnus Ölander,
Barbara S. Sixt

Published: July 28, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010669

About the Authors

Magnus Ölander

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Barbara S. Sixt

* E-mail: barbara.sixt@umu.se

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5607-8902

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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