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An order of obligately intracellular, gram-negative bacteria that have the chlamydia-like developmental cycle of replication. This is a two-stage cycle that includes a metabolically inactive infectious form, and a vegetative form that replicates by binary fission. Members of Chlamydiales are disseminated by aerosol or by contact. There are at least six recognized families: CHLAMYDIACEAE, Criblamydiaceae, Parachlamydiaceae, Rhabdochlamydia, Simkaniaceae, and Waddliaceae.
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- Criblamydiaceae
- Microorganism Z
- Parachlamydiaceae
- Rhabdochlamydia
- Simkaniaceae
- Waddliaceae
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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.
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1976
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- Bacteria (1966-1974)
- Micotatobiotes (1975)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Chlamydiales. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002695. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002695
- Chlamydiales. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlamydiales
- Chlamydiales. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5102716