Name: Chlamydia pneumoniae Grayston et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pneu.mo’ni.ae. N.L. fem. n. pneumonia, disease of the lungs, pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs); N.L. gen. fem. n. pneumoniae, of pneumonia

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC VR-2282; DSM 19748; TW-183; TWAR strain TW-183

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16S rRNA gene: Z49873 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Grayston JT, Kuo CC, Campbell LA, Wang SP. Chlamydia pneumoniae sp. nov. for Chlamydia sp. strain TWAR. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:88-90.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Chlamydophila pneumoniae (Grayston et al. 1989) Everett et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4055 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: 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.

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

Assigned by: Grayston JT, Kuo CC, Campbell LA, Wang SP. Chlamydia pneumoniae sp. nov. for Chlamydia sp. strain TWAR. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:88-90.

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Record number: 783626