Chlamydiales An order of obligately intracellular 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 four recognized families: CHLAMYDIACEAE, Parachlamydiaceae, Simkaniaceae, and Waddliaceae.
Synonyms : Microorganism Z
Chlamydomonas A genus of organisms considered both a protozoon (Dorland, 27th ed) and an alga (Bold & Wynne, Introduction to the Algae, 2d ed, p84). It consists of solitary biflagellated organisms common in fresh water and damp soil.
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Chlamydomonas reinhardtii An organism considered both a protozoon (Dorland, 27th ed) and an alga (Bold & Wynne, Introduction to the Algae, 2d ed, p84). Delicate, hairlike appendages arise from the flagellar surface in these organisms.
Synonyms : Chlamydomonas reinhardii
Chlamydophila A genus of the family CHLAMYDIACEAE comprising gram-negative non CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS-like species infecting vertebrates. Chlamydophila do not produce detectable quantities of glycogen. The type species is CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI.