Coxiella (bacterium)

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]

This article is about the bacterium. For the snail, see Coxiella (gastropod).

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 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
  1. Parte, A.C. "Coxiella". LPSN.
  2. Coxiella at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
  • Coxiella genomes and related information at PATRIC, a Bioinformatics Resource Center funded by NIAID


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