Chlamydiales
Order of bacteria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The bacterial order Chlamydiales includes only obligately intracellular bacteria that have a chlamydia-like developmental cycle of replication and at least 80% 16S rRNA or 23S rRNA gene sequence identity with other members of Chlamydiales. Chlamydiales live in animals, insects, and protozoa.
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Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Chlamydiota |
Class: | Chlamydiia |
Order: | Chlamydiales Storz and Page 1971 |
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Currently, the order Chlamydiales includes the families Chlamydiaceae, Simkaniaceae, and Waddliaceae, which have Gram-negative extracellular infectious bodies (EBs), and Parachlamydiaceae, which has variable Gram staining of EBs. The family Rhabdochlamydiaceae has been proposed.