
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.7770
Name	Chlamydia pneumoniae Grayston et al. 1989
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Grayston et al. 1989
Preferred Name	Chlamydophila pneumoniae
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.7770
Type Strain representative organism	TW-183^T (=ATCC VR-2282)


Proper Form	Chlamydia pneumoniae Grayston et al. 1989
Nomenclatural History	The species Chlamydia pneumoniae was originally described and validly published by Grayston et al. 1989. In 1999, Everett et al. established Chlamydia pneumoniae as the basonym of Chlamydophila pneumoniae (Grayston et al. 1989) Everett et al. 1999 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Chlamydia pneumoniae Grayston et al. 1989.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.7770.
Source File	10.1601/nm.7770.xml


This information was last reviewed on July 27, 2009.

References

Everett KDE, Bush RM, Andersen AA. Emended description of the order Chlamydiales, proposal of Parachlamydiaceae fam. nov. and Simkaniaceae fam. nov., each containing one monotypic genus, revised taxonomy of the family Chlamydiaceae, including a new genus and five new species, and standards for the identification of organisms. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:415-440. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-49-2-415 [PubMed].
Grayston JT, Kuo CC, Campbell LA, Wang SP. Chlamydia pneumoniae sp. nov. for Chlamydia sp. strain TWAR. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:88-90. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-39-1-88.