Recent advances on chlamydial taxonomy and identification
10.3969/cjz.j.issn.1002-2694.2014.12.019
- VernacularTitle:衣原体最新分类体系与分类鉴定方法研究进展
- Author:
Peng LI
;
Qing DUAN
;
Lihua SONG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Chlamydiae;
chlamydial taxonomy;
bacterial taxonomy;
bacterial identification
- From:
Chinese Journal of Zoonoses
2014;(12):1262-1266
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
ABSTRACT:Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular bacteria with a unique biphasic developmental cycle ,and have close rela‐tionships with human .Emerging Chlamydia species such as Chlamydia ibidis ,Chlamydia avium and Chlamydia gallinacea changed the chlamydial taxonomy .The biggest change is the abandon of genus Chlamydophilaand its previous six species were recombined into genus Chlamydia ,which in together with the emerging species ,expands genus Chlamydia to 12 species .This paper briefly reviewed the latest taxonomy of Chlamydiae and their identification methods ,which include the classical biological characteristics and physico‐chemical properties ,modern molecular genetics ,and the newly developed whole genome analysis . Presently ,molecular genetics methods ,including sequence analysis of 16S rRNA ,ompA and other Chlamydia‐specific genes , are commonly used for chlamydial identification .
