Chlamydia trachomatis
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| Chlamydia trachomatis | |
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| C. trachomatis inclusion bodies (brown) in a McCoy cell culture. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Chlamydiae |
| Order: | Chlamydiales |
| Family: | Chlamydiaceae |
| Genus: | Chlamydia |
| Species: | C. trachomatis |
| Binomial name | |
| Chlamydia trachomatis Busacca, 1935 |
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Chlamydia trachomatis is a small bacterium, is one of three species in the genus Chlamydia. It cannot grow outside a living cell. In this respect it resembles a virus, but it is actually a very sophisticated organism.
