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Rhabdochlamydia

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Rhabdochlamydia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
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.

Species

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

See also

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References

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  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. ^ 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. ^ 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.