Miyagawa bodies

Mi·ya·ga·wa bod·ies

(mē-yah-gah'wah), an obsolete term for Chlamydia trachomatis (Miyagawanella lymphogranulomatosis), the elementary bodies that develop in the intracytoplasmic microcolonies of lymphogranuloma venereum.

Miyagawa,

Yoneji, Japanese bacteriologist, 1885-1959. Miyagawa bodies - a term previously used to refer to Chlamydia trachomatis (Miyagawanella lymphogranulomatosis), the elementary bodies that develop in the intracytoplasmic microcolonies of lymphogranuloma venereum.Miyagawanella - formerly considered a genus of Chlamydiaceae, but now synonymous with Chlamydia.