Emendation of the family Chlamydiaceae: Proposal of a single genus, Chlamydia, to include all currently recognized species

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 99-103

  Sachse, Konrad ^a   Bavoil, Patrik M ^b   Kaltenboeck, Bernhard ^c   Stephens, Richard S ^d   Kuo, Cho Chou ^e   Rosselló Móra, Ramon ^f   Horn, Matthias ^g  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f CSIC   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chlamydiaceae; Classification; Single genus Chlamydia

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDIA CAVIAE; CHLAMYDIA FELIS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; TROPISM; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDIALES; CHLAMYDOPHILA; FELIS;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84977771284     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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