''Simkania'', is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of bacteria belonging to the

Chlamydiota The Chlamydiota (synonym Chlamydiae) are a bacterial phylum and class whose members are remarkably diverse, including pathogens of humans and animals, symbionts of ubiquitous protozoa, and marine sediment forms not yet well understood. All of ...

. The only species of this genus is ''Simkania negevensis''.

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Chlamydiota Monotypic bacteria genera Bacteria genera {{bacteria-stub