Rhabdochlamydia

Rhabdochlamydia
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Chlamydiota
Class: Chlamydiia
Order: Chlamydiales
Family: Rhabdochlamydiaceae
Genus: Rhabdochlamydia
Kostanjsek et al. 2004
Type species
"Ca. Rhabdochlamydia porcellionis"
Kostanjsek et al. 2004
Species
  • "Ca. R. crassificans"
  • "Ca. R. helvetica"
  • "Ca. R. oedothoracis"
  • "Ca. R. porcellionis"

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.

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.

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