What is Chlamydia trachomatis?
{{Italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Chlamydia trachomatis'' | image = ChlamydiaTrachomatisEinschlusskörperchen.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = ''C. trachomatis'' inclusion bodies (brown) in a McCoy cell culture. | regnum = [[Bacterium|Bacteria]] | phylum = [[Chlamydiae]] | ordo = [[Chlamydiae|Chlamydiales]] | familia = [[Chlamydiaceae]] | genus = ''[[Chlamydia (bacterium)|Chlamydia]]'' | species = '''''C. trachomatis''''' | binomial = ''Chlamydia trachomatis'' | binomial_authority = Busacca, 1935 }} '''''Chlamydia trachomatis''''' is a small [[Bacteria|bacterium]], is one of three species in the genus ''[[Chlamydia (bacterium)|Chlamydia]]''. It cannot grow outside a living [[cell]]. In this respect it resembles a [[virus]], but it is actually a very sophisticated [[organism]]. ==Related pages== *[[Chlamydia infection]] {{biology-stub}} [[category:Gram-negative bacteria]]