Name: Chlamydia vaughanii Marquis et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: 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, gender: 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)

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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