Chlamydia (bacterium)

Chlamydia is a genus of bacteria that are obligate intracellular parasites. Chlamydia infections are the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infections in humans and are the leading cause of infectious blindness worldwide.

Chlamydia
Chlamydia trachomatis inclusion bodies (brown) in a McCoy cell culture.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Chlamydiae
Class:	Chlamydiae
Order:	Chlamydiales
Family:	Chlamydiaceae
Genus:	Chlamydia
Species
Chlamydia abortus Sachse et al. 2015[1] Chlamydia avium Sachse et al. 2015[1] Chlamydia caviae ? (not validated)[2] Chlamydia felis (Everett et al. 1999) Sachse et al. 2015[1] Chlamydia gallinacea Sachse et al. 2015[1] Chlamydia ibidis Vorimore et al. 2013 (not validated)[2] Chlamydia muridarum Everett et al. 1999 Chlamydia pecorum Fukushi & Hirai 1992 Chlamydia pneumoniae Grayston et al. 1989[1] Chlamydia psittaci (Lillie 1930) Page 1968[1] Chlamydia suis Everett et al. 1999 Chlamydia trachomatis (Busacca 1935) Rake 1957 emend. Everett et al. 1999

References

1. Parte, A.C. "Chlamydia". www.bacterio.net.
2. Vorimore, Fabien; Hsia, Ru-ching; Huot-Creasy, Heather; Bastian, Suzanne; Deruyter, Lucie; Passet, Anne; Sachse, Konrad; Bavoil, Patrik; Myers, Garry; Laroucau, Karine (20 September 2013). "Isolation of a New Chlamydia species from the Feral Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)- Chlamydia ibidis". PLOS ONE. 8 (9). e74823. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...874823V. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074823. PMC 3779242. PMID 24073223.