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Chlamydiaceae

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Chlamydiaceae [klə‚mid·ē′ās·ē‚ē]
(microbiology)
The single family of the order Chlamydiales; characterized by a developmental cycle from a small elementary body to a larger initial body which divides, with daughter cells becoming elementary bodies.


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Since elementary and reticulate bodies are similar in both Chlamydiaceae and Parachlamydiaceae (6), Chlamydiales cannot be identified in a specimen solely by electron microscopy.
This scheme of nomenclature has largely been accepted, although splitting the family Chlamydiaceae into 2 genera, Chlamydia and Chlamydophila, raised some concerns (25).
Our findings raise the possibility that Chlamydiaceae other than Chlamydia trachomatis are involved in PID.
 
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