Chlamydozoaceae
Chlamydozoaceae
[¦klam·ə‚dō·zō′ās·ē‚ē] (microbiology)
A family of small, gram-negative, coccoid bacteria in the order Rickettsiales; members are obligate intracytoplasmic parasites, or saprophytes.
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