Coxiellaceae
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| Coxiellaceae | |
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| Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Legionellales |
| Family: | Coxiellaceae |
| Genera[1] | |
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Aquicella | |
The Coxiellaceae are a family in the order Legionellales.[2][3]
Coxiella burnetii is the best-described species in this group.
The bacterium Rickettsiella melolonthae was initially assigned to the Coxiellaceae,[3] but is considered part of the Diplorickettsiaceae (a closely related lineage of Gammaproteobacteria) based on recent phylogenomic reconstructions.[4][5]
Various other Coxiellaceae lineages have so-far evaded cultivation efforts but have been characterized through culture-independent genomics and are present in both freshwater and diverse marine environments, likely with a host-associated lifestyle similar to that of Coxiella burnetti[6].