''Candidatus'' Rhabdochlamydia is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of intracellular bacteria and the sole genus in the family ''Candidatus'' Rhabdochlamydiaceae. As a '' Candidatus'' taxon, no-one has yet managed to culture them ''

in vitro ''In vitro'' (meaning ''in glass'', or ''in the glass'') Research, studies are performed with Cell (biology), cells or biological molecules outside their normal biological context. Colloquially called "test-tube experiments", these studies in ...

'' for deposition in a culture collection. Two ''Rhabdochlamydia'' species have been characterized and validly proposed. Their

ribosomal RNA Ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) is a type of non-coding RNA which is the primary component of ribosomes, essential to all cells. rRNA is a ribozyme which carries out protein synthesis in ribosomes. Ribosomal RNA is transcribed from ribosomal ...

genes are 96.3% identical. These gene sequences are 82%–87% identical to those of most Chlamydiales. These data and analysis of ''Rhabdochlamydia'' morphology indicates that these species belong to the bacterial order Chlamydiales.

Species

The genus consists of the following two valid species: * ''Candidatus'' Rhabdochlamydia crassificans Kostanjšek et al. 2004 – detected in the cockroach '' Blatta orientalis'' * ''Candidatus'' Rhabdochlamydia porcellionis Corsaro et al. 2006 – detected in hepatopancreas of the

woodlouse Woodlice are terrestrial isopods in the suborder Oniscidea. Their name is derived from being often found in old wood, and from louse, a parasitic insect, although woodlice are neither parasitic nor insects. Woodlice evolved from marine isopods ...

'' Porcellio scaber''

References

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Species

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