Chlamydia Pneumoniae

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Etiology/Bacteriology

Taxonomy

| Order = Chlamydiales | Family = Chlamydiaceae | Genus = Chlamydia | Species = Chlamydia pneumoniae
|NCBI: Taxonomy Genome: Genome|}

Description

Chlamydophila pneumonia (TWAR) is a recently recognized third species of the genus Chlamydia that causes acute respiratory disease. The strain name TWAR was derived from the first conjunctival and respiratory isolates of the species (TW-183 and AR-39). [1]

References

1. Grayston, J. T., C.-C. Kuo, L. A. Campbell, and S.-P. Wang. 1989. Chlamydia pneumoniae sp. nov. for Chlamydia sp. strain TWAR. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 39:88–90.

References

[Sample reference] Takai, K., Sugai, A., Itoh, T., and Horikoshi, K. "Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2000. Volume 50. p. 489-500.

Created by Erika Cummings, a student of Tyrrell Conway at the University of Oklahoma.