bedsonia

bed·so·ni·a

(bĕd-sō′nē-ə)

n. pl. bed·so·ni·ae (-nē-ī′)

Any of a group of bacteria of the genus Chlamydia that include the causative agents of trachoma, psittacosis, and lymphogranuloma venereum.

[New Latin, after Sir Samuel Phillips Bedson (1886-1969), British bacteriologist.]

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bedsonia

(bɛdˈsəʊnɪə)

a former name for the genus of bacteria now called Chlamydia

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References in periodicals archive ?

Chlamydiae, previously termed Bedsonia, are peculiar bacteria that are obligate intracellular parasites.

Perinatal transmission of bacterial sexually transmitted diseases: Part II: group B streptococcus and Chlamydia trachomatis

This bacterium was known at one time as Bedsonia; the term Chlamydia (chlamus is Greek for cloak) did not appear in the literature until 1945.