Chlamydia (bacterium)

Chlamydia
	Chlamydia trachomatis inclusion bodies (brown) in a McCoy cell culture.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Chlamydiota
Class:	Chlamydiia
Order:	Chlamydiales
Family:	Chlamydiaceae
Genus:	Chlamydia; Jones, Rake & Stearns 1945
Type species
	Chlamydia trachomatis; (Busacca 1935) Rake 1957
Species
	C. abortus; C. avium; C. buteonis; C. caviae; "Ca. C. coralli"; C. crocodili; C. felis; C. gallinacea; "C. ibidis"; "C. isopodii"; "C. major"; C. muridarum; C. pecorum; C. pneumoniae; C. poikilotherma; C. psittaci; "Ca. C. sanziniae"; "C. serpentis"; C. suis; "Ca. C. testudinis"; C. trachomatis;
Synonyms
	homotypic "Chlamydozoon" Moshkovskiy 1945 non Prowazek 1907; heterotypic Chlamydophila Everett, Bush & Andersen 1999 (type is C. psittaci, not full overlap, see § Chlamydophila) "Bedsonia" Meyer 1953 ex Levaditi, Roger & Destombes 1964; "Microbacterium" Levinthal 1930 non Orla-Jensen 1919; ; "Miyagawanella" ?;

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

Humans mainly contract C. trachomatis, C. pneumoniae, C. abortus, and C. psittaci.

Chlamydia

Chlamydia trachomatis inclusion bodies (brown) in a McCoy cell culture.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Chlamydiota
Class:	Chlamydiia
Order:	Chlamydiales
Family:	Chlamydiaceae
Genus:	Chlamydia Jones, Rake & Stearns 1945
Type species
Chlamydia trachomatis (Busacca 1935) Rake 1957
Species
C. abortus C. avium C. buteonis C. caviae "Ca. C. coralli" C. crocodili C. felis C. gallinacea "C. ibidis" "C. isopodii" "C. major" C. muridarum C. pecorum C. pneumoniae C. poikilotherma C. psittaci "Ca. C. sanziniae" "C. serpentis" C. suis "Ca. C. testudinis" C. trachomatis
Synonyms
homotypic "Chlamydozoon" Moshkovskiy 1945 non Prowazek 1907 heterotypic Chlamydophila Everett, Bush & Andersen 1999 (type is C. psittaci, not full overlap, see § Chlamydophila) "Bedsonia" Meyer 1953 ex Levaditi, Roger & Destombes 1964 "Microbacterium" Levinthal 1930 non Orla-Jensen 1919 "Miyagawanella" ?