Coxiella (bacterium)

Coxiella
	Coxiella burnetii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Legionellales
Family:	Coxiellaceae
Genus:	Coxiella; (Philip 1943) Philip 1948[1]
Type species
	Coxiella burnetii[1];
Species
	C. burnetii

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

Parte, A.C. "Coxiella". www.bacterio.net.
Coxiella at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

External links

Coxiella genomes and related information at PATRIC, a Bioinformatics Resource Center funded by NIAID

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[Coxiella-1] Parte, A.C. "Coxiella". www.bacterio.net.

[2] Coxiella at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)