Chlamydia trachomatis

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|- valign=top |Kingdom:||Bacteria |- valign=top |Phylum:||Chlamydiae |- valign=top |Order:||Chlamydiales |- valign=top |Family:||Chlamydiaceae |- valign=top |Genus:||Chlamydia |- valign=top |Species:||C. trachomatis |} |- style="text-align:center;" ! style="background: lightgrey;" | Binomial name |- style="text-align:center;" |Chlamydia trachomatis
Busacca , 1935 |} Chlamydia trachomatis is a gram-negative obligate intracellular bacterium. It causes chlamydia, a Censored page, and trachoma, an eye infection that is a frequent cause of blindness. It is one of the smallest of all bacteria and its size may be as small as 500 nm in width, not much bigger than the largest viruses

See also

• Chlamydia pneumoniae

External link

• Chlamydia trachomatis http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/cache/342556674.htm - GP Notebook