Bacterium
chlamydophila psittaci Audio
[ kluh-mih-doh-fih-luh see-tah-chee ]
Subclass of:
Chlamydophila
Definitions related to chlamydophila psittaci:
  • A genus of CHLAMYDOPHILA infecting primarily birds. It contains eight known serovars, some of which infect more than one type of host, including humans.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A species of gram negative, obligately intracellular, spherical shaped bacteria belonging to the phylum Chlamydiae. This species survives outside of its host as an elementary body. C. psittaci is pathogenic, being the causative agent of endemic avian chlamydiosis and epizootic infection in mammals.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Chlamydophila psittaci.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Bacteria in the genus of Chlamydophila infecting primarily birds; contains eight known serovars, some of which infect more than one type of host, including humans.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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