Evidence for the existence of two new members of the family Chlamydiaceae and proposal of Chlamydia avium sp. nov. and Chlamydia gallinacea sp. nov.

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 79-88

  Sachse, Konrad ^a   Laroucau, Karine ^b   Riege, Konstantin ^c   Wehner, Stefanie ^c   Dilcher, Meik ^d   Creasy, Heather Huot ^e   Weidmann, Manfred ^d   Myers, Garry ^e,g   Vorimore, Fabien ^b   Vicari, Nadia ^f   Magnino, Simone ^f   Liebler Tenorio, Elisabeth ^a   Ruettger, Anke ^a   Bavoil, Patrik M ^g   Hufert, Frank T ^d   Rosselló Móra, Ramon ^h   Marz, Manja ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^h INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequence; Chlamydia avium; Chlamydia gallinacea; Chlamydiaceae; Comparative genome analysis; Multi locus sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA AVIUM; CHLAMYDIA GALLINACEA; CLADISTICS; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AVES; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; COLUMBA; PSITTACIFORMES;

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDIA AVIUM; CHLAMYDIA GALLINACEA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; COMPARATIVE GENOME ANALYSIS; MULTI-LOCUS SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIRDS; CELLS, CULTURED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHLAMYDIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84896740408     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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