Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.7766

Name

Chlamydia Jones et al. 1945 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Sachse et al. 2015

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Chlamydiaceae Rake 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Sachse et al. 2015

Members

species	Chlamydia trachomatis (Busacca 1935) Rake 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. García-López et al. 2019
species	Chlamydia abortus (Everett et al. 1999) Sachse et al. 2015
species	Chlamydia avium Sachse et al. 2015
species	Chlamydia caviae (Everett et al. 1999) Sachse et al. 2015 emend. García-López et al. 2019
species	Chlamydia corallus (sic) Taylor-Brown et al. 2017
species	Chlamydia felis (Everett et al. 1999) Sachse et al. 2015
species	Chlamydia gallinacea Sachse et al. 2015
species	Chlamydia muridarum Everett et al. 1999
species	Chlamydia pecorum Fukushi and Hirai 1992 emend. García-López et al. 2019
species	Chlamydia pneumoniae Grayston et al. 1989
species	Chlamydia poikilotherma Staub et al. 2022
species	Chlamydia psittaci (Lillie 1930) Page 1968 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. García-López et al. 2019
species	Chlamydia sanzinia (sic) Taylor-Brown et al. 2016
species	Chlamydia serpentis Staub et al. 2022
species	Chlamydia suis Everett et al. 1999
species	Chlamydia testudinis Laroucau et al. 2020

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Chlamydiota corrig. Garrity and Holt 2021
class Chlamydiia (Cavalier-Smith 2002) Horn 2016 emend. Gupta et al. 2015
order Chlamydiales Storz and Page 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta et al. 2015
family Chlamydiaceae Rake 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Sachse et al. 2015
genus Chlamydia Jones et al. 1945 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Sachse et al. 2015

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the genus Chlamydia Jones et al. 1945 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Sachse et al. 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.7766.

Source File

10.1601/tx.7766.xml


This information was last reviewed on November 9, 2021.

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