%0 Journal Article %A STORZ, JOHANNES %A PAGE, LESLIE A. %T Taxonomy of the Chlamydiae: Reasons for Classifying Organisms of the Genus Chlamydia, Family Chlamydiaceae, in a Separate Order, Chlamydiales ord. nov. %D 1971 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 21 %N 4 %P 332-334 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-21-4-332 %I Microbiology Society, %X It is proposed that the family Chlamydiaceae, which contains only one recognized genus, Chlamydia, be placed in a new order, Chlamydiales, coordinate with Rickettsiales Buchanan and Buchanan 1938. The principal argument for this change is that chlamydiae multiply by a developmental cycle that is unique among all other forms of bacteria. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-21-4-332