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Simkaniaceae

Known as: Microorganism Z 
A family of the order CHLAMYDIALES, containing a single genus Simkania, and corresponding to the "microorganism Z" (Simkania Z).
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Chlamydiales

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2017
2017
Free-living and captive turtles and tortoises as carriers of new Chlamydia spp.
A variety of Chlamydia species belonging to the Chlamydiaceae family have been reported in reptilian hosts but scarce data about… 
Review
2014
Review
2014
Chlamydia exploit the mammalian tryptophan-depletion defense strategy as a counter-defensive cue to trigger a survival state of persistence
We previously proposed that in Chlamydiaceae rapid vegetative growth and a quiescent state of survival (persistence) depend upon… 
2014
2014
Characterization of ‘Candidatus Syngnamydia salmonis’ (Chlamydiales, Simkaniaceae), a bacterium associated with epitheliocystis in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)
Abstract Two Chlamydiales have previously been found to infect Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.), Candidatus Piscichlamydia… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Development of a New Chlamydiales-Specific Real-Time PCR and Its Application to Respiratory Clinical Samples
ABSTRACT Originally composed of the single family Chlamydiaceae, the Chlamydiales order has extended considerably over the last… 
2009
2009
Detection of Chlamydiae from freshwater environments by PCR, amoeba coculture and mixed coculture.
2007
2007
Chlamydial symbionts in the enigmatic Xenoturbella (Deuterostomia).
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Phylogenetic Evidence for Two New Insect-Associated Chlamydia of the Family Simkaniaceae
On the basis of 16S–23S ribosomal DNA analyses, the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae) and the eriococcid… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
New parachlamydial 16S rDNA phylotypes detected in human clinical samples.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Infection of Acanthamoeba polyphagawith Simkania negevensis and S. negevensis Survival within Amoebal Cysts
ABSTRACT Simkania negevensis, a novel microorganism belonging to the family Simkaniaceae in the orderChlamydiales, has an… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Simkania negevensis strain ZT: growth, antigenic and genome characteristics.
Simkania negevensis is the type species of Simkaniaceae, a recently proposed family in the order Chlamydiales. In the current… 
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