Chlamydiaceae infections in pig

Table 1 Taxonomy of chlamydial organisms.

	*Chlamydial taxonomy before 1999*		*Chlamydial taxonomy since 1999 (Everett et al., 1999*[22])				*Chlamydial taxonomy used in the Twenty-first century (Stephens et al., 2009*[23])
Order	Chlamydiales		Chlamydiales				Chlamydiales
Family	*Chlamydiaceae*		*Chlamydiaceae, Simkaniaceae, Parachlamydiaceae, Waddliaceae*				*Chlamydiaceae, Simkaniaceae, Parachlamydiaceae, Waddliaceae*
Genus	*Chlamydia*		*Chlamydia*		*Chlamydophila*		*Chlamydia*
Species	*C. trachomatis*	Trachoma biovar	C. trachomatis	Trachoma biovar			C. trachomatis	Trachoma biovar
		LGV biovar		LGV biovar				LGV biovar
		Murine biovar	C. muridarum				C. muridarum
		Porcine biovar	*C. suis*				*C. suis*
	C. pneumonia	Human biovar			Cp. pneumonia	TWAR biovar	C. pneumonia	TWAR biovar
		Koala biovar				Koala biovar		Koala biovar
		Equine biovar				Equine biovar		Equine biovar
	*C. psittaci*	Avian subtype			*Cp. psittaci*		*C. psittaci*
		Abortion subtype			*Cp. abortus*		*C. abortus*
		Feline subtype			Cp. felis		C. felis
		Guinea-pig subtype			Cp. caviae		C. caviae
	*C. pecorum*				*Cp. pecorum*		*C. pecorum*

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