Chlamydia trachomatis

Taxonomy ID: 813 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:813)

current name

Chlamydia trachomatis  (Busacca 1935) Rake 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Everett et al. 1999

type strain of Chlamydia trachomatis: ATCC : VR-571B , personal : A/Har-13 , DSM : 19440

homotypic synonym:

"Rickettsia trachomatis"  (Busacca 1935) Foley and Parrot 1937 , effective name  ¹⁾

"Chlamydozoon trachomatis"  (Busacca 1935) Moshkovski 1945 , effective name  ²⁾

NCBI BLAST name: chlamydias
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Other names:

heterotypic synonym

"Rickettsia trachomae"  (sic) Busacca 1935 , effective name  ³⁾

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; PVC group; Chlamydiota; Chlamydiia; Chlamydiales; Chlamydiaceae; Chlamydia/Chlamydophila group; Chlamydia

Notes:

• 1) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).
• 2) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).
• 3) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).

Comments and References:

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Bussaca A (1935) Busacca, A. "Un germe aux caracteres de rickettsies (Rickettsia trachomae) dans les tissus trachomateux." Archives d'Ophthalmologie (1935) 52:567-572. [No PubMed record available.]

Everett KD et al. (1999) Everett, K.D., Bush, R.M., Andersen, A.A. "Emended description of the order Chlamydiales, proposal of Parachlamydiaceae fam. nov. and Simkaniaceae fam. nov., each containing one monotypic genus, revised taxonomy of the family Chlamydiaceae, including a new genus and five new species, and standards for the identification of organisms." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1999) 49(2):415-440.

Fukushi H et al. (1993) Fukushi, H., and Hirai, K. "Restriction fragment length polymorphisms of rRNA as genetic markers to differentiate Chlamydia spp." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1993) 43:613-617.

Gaydos CA et al. (1993) Gaydos, C.A., Palmer, L., Quinn, T.C., Falkow, S., and Eiden, J.J. "Phylogenetic relationship of Chlamydia pneumoniae to Chlamydia psittaci and Chlamydia trachomatis as determined by analysis of 16S ribosomal DNA sequences." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1993) 43:610-612.

Kalman S et al. (1999) Kalman, S., Mitchell, W., Marathe, R., Lammel, C., Fan, J., Hyman, R.W., Olinger, L., Grimwood, J., Davis, R.W., and Stephens, R.S. "Comparative genomes of Chlamydia pneumoniae and C. trachomatis." Nature Genet. (1999) 21:385-389.

Rake GW (1957) Rake, G.W. "Family II. Chlamydiaceae Rake, Fam. Nov." In: R.S. Breed, E.G.D. Murray, and N.R. Smith (eds.), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, seventh edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore (1957). p. 957. [No PubMed record available.]

Skerman VBD et al. (1980) Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. (editors). "Approved lists of bacterial names." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30(1):225-420. [No PubMed record available.]