包括本文作者之一巴沃义尔及研究夥伴夏如菁在内的研究人员，将披衣菌的基因与较大型细菌（如以造成食物中毒而出名的沙门杆菌）基因相比，发现了某个特别重要的成份。

• Researchers, including Ru-ching Hsia and one of us( Bavoil) of the University of Maryland, discovered a particularly important element of chlamydiae by noting similarities between their genes and those of larger bacteria, such as Salmonella typhimurium, infamous for causing food poisoning.