Chlamydia trachomatis

Team 1: Chlamydia trachomatis

• Hilda Delgadillo
• Katrina Sherbina
• Dillon Williams

Annotated Bibliography of Genomics Papers for C. trachomatis

1. Journal article describing results of whole genome sequencing:
   • Database: PubMed
   • Search Terms: Chlamydia trachomatis [MeSH Term] AND genome [Title]
   • Stephens, R.S., Kalman, S., Lammel, C., Fan, J., Marathe, R., Aravind, L.,... Davis, R.W. (1998) Genome sequence of an obligate intracellular pathogen of humans: Chlamydia trachomatis. Science 282: 754-759.
2. Use the genome sequencing article you found to perform a prospective search in the ISI Web of Science/Knowledge database.
   • How many results did you get?: 872
   • Based on the titles and abstracts of the papers, what type of research directions have been taken now that the genome for that organism has been sequenced?: Based on the titles and abstracts found in the results, it seems that research has been primarily in the direction of understanding how the disease functions and assessing the severity of the disease (and how to cure it).