Osmosis video - Chlamydia trachomatis

Chlamydia trachomatis is a gram-negative, non-motile bacterium and an intracellular pathogen known to cause sexually transmitted chlamydia infection and associated complications, including infertility and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). It is passed from one person to another through unprotected sexual intercourse, but it can also be spread from a mother to her baby during childbirth.