Name: Chlamydia muridarum Everett et al. 1999
Etymology: mu.ri.da’rum. N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. muridarum, of the Muridae (i.e. the mouse/ hamster family)
Type strain: ATCC VR-123; DSM 26968; MoPn; MoPn/Wiess-Nigg
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16S rRNA gene: D85718 Analyse FASTA
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: correct name
Parent taxon: Chlamydia Jones et al. 1945 (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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Record number: 783624