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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.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Chlamydiaceae - A family of gram-negative, coccoid microorganisms, in the order CHLAMYDIALES, pathogenic for vertebrates. Genera include CHLAMYDIA and CHLAMYDOPHILA.

Chlamydiales Medical Definitions and Terms

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