Chlamydia lives off its host cell. It's an obligate intracellular parasite.
Chlamydia can live on your finger for just a few minutes.
Yes, you can wash chlamydia off your hands with soap and water. Chlamydia doesn't infect the hands.
No, chlamydia cannot make your penis fall off.
No they will not off set chlamydia reinfections.
Chlamydia can't live in water. The bacteria can live for only a few minutes outside the body.
Chlamydia can only live outside the body for minutes. You can't get it from sharing a sponge.
You can get a blood test to see if you have antibodies to chlamydia, but it won't change how you live your life.
No, chlamydia doesn't have a final electron acceptor. That is why it needs to live within the host cells
Chlamydia is a eubacteria. Most bacteria are eubacteria unless the bacteria live in extreme environments.
Chlamydia prefers to infect a type of tissue called columnar epithelium. This tissue is found in mucous membranes, but not on the external skin.
Chlamydia can live for 15 minutes at 45 degrees F, and for 1 minutes at 80 degrees F. It has specific requirements to survive which include human tissue and a temperature of 98.6 degrees.
Chlamydia trachomatis is the scientific name for the bacteria that causes chlamydia.