Chlamydia abortus
| Chlamydia abortus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Chlamydiota |
| Class: | Chlamydiia |
| Order: | Chlamydiales |
| Family: | Chlamydiaceae |
| Genus: | Chlamydia |
| Species: | C. abortus
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| Binomial name | |
| Chlamydia abortus Everett et al. 1999
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Chlamydia abortus is a species in Chlamydiota that causes abortion and fetal death in mammals, including humans. It was originally proposed as Chlamydophila abortus by a split from Chlamydia psittaci in 1999, based on differences of pathogenicity and DNA–DNA hybridization. The assignment of Cp. abortus and Cp. psittaci to a new genus Chlamydophila was based on a lack of evident glycogen production and on resistance to the antibiotic sulfadiazine.[1] In 2015, this new genus was reverted to Chlamydia, but C. abortus remains as a distinct species.
- ^ Everett, KD.; Bush, RM.; Andersen, AA. (Apr 1999). "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. 49 Pt 2 (2): 415–40. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-2-415. PMID 10319462.