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In the present study, we assessed the roles of host-cell NOXs and Mt in the intracellular growth of CtL2 (L2 434\/Bu) under normoxia (21% O<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>) and hypoxia (2% O<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>) by using several inhibitors of NOXs (or the downstream molecule) and Mt-dysfunctional (Mt<jats:sup>d<\/jats:sup>) HEp-2 cells. Under normoxia, diphenyleneiodonium, an inhibitor of ROS diffusion, abolished the growth of CtL2 and other Chlamydiae (CtD and <jats:italic>C. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>). Both ML171 (a pan-NOX inhibitor) and GLX351322 (a NOX4-specific inhibitor) impaired the growth of CtL2 under normoxia, but not hypoxia. NOX4-knockdown cells diminished the bacterial growth. SB203580, an inhibitor of the NOX4-downstream molecule p38MAPK, also inhibited the growth of CtL2 under normoxia but not hypoxia. Furthermore, CtL2 failed to grow in Mt<jats:sup>d<\/jats:sup> cells under normoxia, but no effect was observed under hypoxia. We conclude that under normoxia, Ct requires functional Mt in its host cells as an ATP source, and that this process requires NOX4\/p38MAPK signaling in the host cells. 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