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Coxiella
Coxiella[‚käk·sē′el·ə] (microbiology) A genus of the tribe Rickettsieae; short rods which grow preferentially in host cell vacuoles. Coxiella
Coxiella [kok″se-el´ah] a genus of bacteria of the family Rickettsiaceae, occurring as short rods; C. burnet´ii, is the causative agent of q fever.Coxiella (kok-sē-el'ă), A genus of filterable bacteria (order Rickettsiales) containing small, pleomorphic, rod-shaped or coccoid, gram-negative cells that occur intracellularly in the cytoplasm of infected cells and possibly extracellularly in infected ticks. These organisms have not been cultivated in cell-free media; they are parasitic on humans and other animals; type species is Coxiella burnetii. See: Q fever.Cox·i·el·la (kok-sē-el'ă) A genus of filterable bacteria (order Rickettsiales) containing small, pleomorphic, rod-shaped or coccoid, gram-negative cells that occur intracellularly in the cytoplasm of infected cells and possibly extracellularly in infected ticks. These organisms have not been cultivated in cell-free media; they are parasitic on humans and other animals. The type species is C. burnetii. Coxiella A genus of micro-organisms closely related to the Rickettsiae . |