Name: "Chlamydia caviae" (Everett et al. 1999) Sachse et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Chlamydophila caviae Everett et al. 1999

Etymology: ca’vi.ae. L. gen. fem. n. caviae, of Cavia, of the guinea pig (Cavia cobaya) because the type strain was isolated from C. cobaya

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC VR-813; DSM 19441; GPIC

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D85708 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Sachse K, Bavoil PM, Kaltenboeck B, Stephens RS, Kuo CC, Rossello-Mora R, Horn M. Emendation of the family Chlamydiaceae: proposal of a single genus, Chlamydia, to include all currently recognized species. Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 38:99-103.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Correct name: Chlamydophila caviae Everett et al. 1999

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Chlamydia caviae" (Everett et al. 1999) Kalayoglu and Byrne 2006	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Chlamydophila caviae Everett et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".

Parent taxon: Chlamydia Jones et al. 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sachse K, Bavoil PM, Kaltenboeck B, Stephens RS, Kuo CC, Rossello-Mora R, Horn M. Emendation of the family Chlamydiaceae: proposal of a single genus, Chlamydia, to include all currently recognized species. Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 38:99-103.

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