An order of bacteria characterized by the production of mucilaginous outer sheaths; includes the Chlamydobacteriaceae family.
From Greek chlamys (cloak) + bacteria + Latin -ales (order suffix in taxonomy). Names organisms in a taxonomic order based on their characteristic sheathed structure.
In bacterial taxonomy, the order Chlamydobacteriales contains over 20 families—all connected by this poetic name describing their protective mucus cloaks!
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