Name: Chlamydophila Everett et al. 1999

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Chla.my.do’phil.a. Gr. fem. n. chlamys (gen. chlamydos), a cloak; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, dear, beloved; N.L. fem. n. Chlamydophila, dear to the cloak

Gender: feminine (stem: Chlamydophil-)

Type species: Chlamydophila psittaci (Lillie 1930) Everett et al. 1999

Valid publication: Everett KD, Bush RM, Andersen AA. 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 1999; 49:415-440.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Chlamydia Jones et al. 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Chlamydia Jones et al. 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Chlamydia Jones et al. 1945 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Page LA. Proposal for the recognition of two species in the genus Chlamydia Jones, Rake and Stearns 1945. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1968; 18:51-66.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chlamydiophila"; "Chlamydophilla"; "Chlamydophrla"; "Chlamydophyla".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Greub G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of the Chlamydiae: minutes of the closed meeting, 21 June 2010, Hof bei Salzburg, Austria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2694.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Borel N, Horn M, Greub G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Chlamydiae. Minutes of the closed meeting, 20 March 2019, Seattle, WA, USA. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3654-3656.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Greub G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of the Chlamydiae: minutes of the inaugural closed meeting, 21 March 2009, Little Rock, AR, USA. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2691-2693.
  • ❗ Chlamydophila is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.20082 (N = 3).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 6; DSM: 5.
  • 🧍 Pannekoek et al. (2016) also advise against the separation of Chlamydophila and Chlamydia. Publication: Pannekoek Y, Qi-Long Q, Zhang YZ, van der Ende A. Genus delineation of Chlamydiales by analysis of the percentage of conserved proteins justifies the reunifying of the genera Chlamydia and Chlamydophila into one single genus Chlamydia. Pathog Dis 2016; 74:0.
  • 🧍 In a "Letter to the Editor", several bacteriologists [1] strongly object to the proposal of the new genus Chlamydophila. See also, the reply by Everett and Andersen [2]. Publication: Schachter J, Stephens RS, Timms P, Kuo C, Bavoil PM, Birkelund S, Boman J, Caldwell H, Campbell LA, Chernesky M, et al. Radical changes to chlamydial taxonomy are not necessary just yet. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:249-251.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Chlamydophila abortus Everett et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Chlamydophila caviae Everett et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Chlamydophila felis Everett et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Chlamydophila parapsittaci" Vafin et al. 2007	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Chlamydophila pecorum (Fukushi and Hirai 1992) Everett et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Chlamydophila pneumoniae (Grayston et al. 1989) Everett et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Chlamydophila psittaci (Lillie 1930) Everett et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Chlamydiaceae Rake 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Everett KD, Bush RM, Andersen AA. 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 1999; 49:415-440.

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