Chlamydiales
| Medical Definition: |
An order of obligately intracellular bacteria that have the chlamydia-like developmental cycle of replication. This is a two-stage cycle that includes a metabolically inactive infectious form, and a vegetative form that replicates by binary fission. Members of Chlamydiales are disseminated by aerosol or by contact. There are at least four recognized families: CHLAMYDIACEAE, Parachlamydiaceae, Simkaniaceae, and Waddliaceae. |
| Also Called: |
Simkaniaceae,Waddliaceae,Parachlamydiaceae |
| Previously Indexed: |
Bacteria (1966-1974),Micotatobiotes (1975) |
Chlamydiales Categories.
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Chlamydiaceae - A family of gram-negative, coccoid microorganisms, in the order CHLAMYDIALES, pathogenic for vertebrates. Genera include CHLAMYDIA and CHLAMYDOPHILA. |
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