Chlamydia Psittaci is a lethal bacterial species of chlamydia, which lives in cells and causes respiratory psittacosis (also known as ornithosis) in humans. It may infect other mammals (such as farm animals and poultry) in outbreaks. It can infect birds in certain parts of the world. Humans mainly get the disease from infected parrots, and because the disease it causes usually starts with a fever or flu, it might also be called Parrot fever.

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Chlamydia psittaci
	Direct fluorescent antibody stain of a mouse brain impression smear showing C. psittaci.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Chlamydiota
Class:	Chlamydiia
Order:	Chlamydiales
Family:	Chlamydiaceae
Genus:	Chlamydia
Species:	C. psittaci
Binomial name
	Chlamydia psittaci;
Synonyms
	Chlamydophila psittaci

↑ Everett KD, Bush RM, Andersen AA (April 1999). "Emended description of the order Chlamydiales, proposal of Parachlamydiaceae fam. nov. and Simkaniaceae fam. nov., each containing one monotypic genus, revised taxonomy of the family Chlamydiaceae, including a new genus and five new species, and standards for the identification of organisms". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49 Pt 2 (2): 415–40. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-2-415. PMID 10319462.

[EverettBush1999-1] Everett KD, Bush RM, Andersen AA (April 1999). "Emended description of the order Chlamydiales, proposal of Parachlamydiaceae fam. nov. and Simkaniaceae fam. nov., each containing one monotypic genus, revised taxonomy of the family Chlamydiaceae, including a new genus and five new species, and standards for the identification of organisms". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49 Pt 2 (2): 415–40. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-2-415. PMID 10319462.

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