Coxiella (bacterium)
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Coxiella | |
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Coxiella burnetii | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Legionellales |
Family: | Coxiellaceae |
Genus: | Coxiella (Philip 1943) Philip 1948[1] |
Type species | |
Coxiella burnetii[1] | |
Species | |
Coxiella refers to a genus of Gram-negative bacteria in the family Coxiellaceae. It is named after Herald Rea Cox (1907–1986), an American bacteriologist. It is one of the Gammaproteobacteria.[2]
Coxiella burnetii is the only member of this genus. It is an intracellular bacterium and it survives within the phagolysosomes of its host. It causes Q fever.
References
- ^ a b Parte, A.C. "Coxiella". LPSN.
- ^ Coxiella at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
External links
- Coxiella genomes and related information at PATRIC, a Bioinformatics Resource Center funded by NIAID