Species Chlamydia vaughanii

Name: Chlamydia vaughanii Marquis et al. 2025

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: vau.gha’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. vaughanii, named after late Professor Lloyd Vaughan, who studied fish pathogens and developed a zebra fish model for W. chondrophila infections

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: k^hla-MY-di-a wa͡u-GHA-ni-i, feminine

Type strain: ATCC CRL-1696; CSUR QA1836; DSM 117479

16S rRNA gene: OZ026853 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Marquis B, Kebbi-Beghdadi C, Pillonel T, Ruetten M, Marques-Vidal P, Aeby S, Greub G. Chlamydia vaughanii sp. nov., a novel Chlamydia isolated from a tropical fish (bushymouth catfish). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6753. 🇨🇭

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6893.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2026-07-16.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.

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

Assigned by: Marquis B, Kebbi-Beghdadi C, Pillonel T, Ruetten M, Marques-Vidal P, Aeby S, Greub G. Chlamydia vaughanii sp. nov., a novel Chlamydia isolated from a tropical fish (bushymouth catfish). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6753. 🇨🇭

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Record number: 66571

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