Simkania

Simkania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Chlamydiota
Class: Chlamydiia
Order: Chlamydiales
Family: Simkaniaceae
Genus: Simkania
Everett, Bush & Andersen 1999
Type species
Simkania negevensis
Everett, Bush & Andersen 1999
Species
  • S. negevensis

Simkania, is a genus of bacteria belonging to the Chlamydiota.[1] The only species of this genus is Simkania negevensis.[2]

  1. ^ Everett, K. D. E.; Bush, R. M.; Andersen, A. A. (1999). "Emended description of the order Chlamydiales, proposal of Parachlamydiaceae fam. nov. and Simkaniaceae fam. nov., each containing two 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 (2): 415–440. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-2-415. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 10319462.
  2. ^ "Simkania". LSPN. Retrieved 28 January 2018.