Coxiella /Cox·i·el·la/ (kok″se-el´ah) a genus of rickettsiae, including C. burnet´ii, the etiologic agent of Q fever.
Cox·i·el·la (k k s - l  )n. A genus of filterable parasitic bacteria containing small rod-shaped or coccoid, gram-negative cells; it includes the species that causes Q fever in humans. |
Coxiella
a genus of obligately intracellular bacteria in the order Legionellale, previously classified among the Rickettsiales but recently found to be most closely related to Legionella pneumonophila. It contains a single genus, C. burnetii, the causative agent of q fever of humans. It also infects the trophoblast cells of sheep and cattle without causing disease.
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