Tags: Bacteria.
Waddlia is a genus of bacteria in its own family Waddliaceae. Species in this genus have a Chlamydia-like cycle of replication and their ribosomal RNA genes are 80–90% identical to ribosomal genes in the Chlamydiaceae.The type species is Waddlia chondrophila strain WSU 86-1044T which was isolated from the tissues of a first-trimester aborted bovine fetus. Isolated in 1986 this species was originally characterized as a Rickettsia.