Coxiella (bacterium)

Coxiella (bacterium)
Coxiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Legionellales
Family: Coxiellaceae
Genus: Coxiella

Coxiella refers to a genus of Gram-negative bacteria in the family Coxiellaceae. It is named after Harold Herald Rea Cox (1907–1986), an American bacteriologist. Coxiella burnetii is the only member of this genus. It is one of the Gammaproteobacteria.[1]

It is an intracellular bacteria and it survives within the Phagolysosome.

References

External links

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

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