Rhabdochlamydia

<i>Rhabdochlamydia</i>

Rhabdochlamydia

Genus of bacteria

Candidatus Rhabdochlamydia is a genus of intracellular bacteria and the sole genus in the family Candidatus Rhabdochlamydiaceae. As a Candidatus taxon, no-one has yet managed to culture them in vitro for deposition in a culture collection.

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Two Rhabdochlamydia species have been characterized and validly proposed. Their ribosomal RNA genes are 96.3% identical. These gene sequences are 82%–87% identical to those of most Chlamydiales. These data and analysis of Rhabdochlamydia morphology indicates that these species belong to the bacterial order Chlamydiales.

Species

The genus consists of the following two valid species:[1]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    J.P. Euzéby. "Some names included in the category Candidatus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
  2. [2]
    Rok Kostanjšek; Jasna Štrus; Damjana Drobne & Gorazd Avguštin (2004). "'Candidatus Rhabdochlamydia porcellionis', an intracellular bacterium from the hepatopancreas of the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber (Crustacea: Isopoda)". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (Pt 2): 543–549. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02802-0. PMID 15023973.
  3. [3]
    Daniele Corsaro; Vincent Thomas; Genevieve Goy; Danielle Venditti; Renate Radek & Gilbert Greub (2007). "'Candidatus Rhabdochlamydia crassificans', an intracellular bacterial pathogen of the cockroach Blatta orientalis (Insecta: Blattodea)". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 30 (3): 221–228. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2006.06.001. PMID 16934426.
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