| Coxiellaceae | |
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| Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| 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 a species in this order.
Another is Rickettsiella melolonthae.[3]
- ^ "List of genera included in families - Coxiellaceae". List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ Coxiellaceae at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- ^ a b Leclerque A, Kleespies RG (April 2008). "16S rRNA-, GroEL- and MucZ-based assessment of the taxonomic position of 'Rickettsiella melolonthae' and its implications for the organization of the genus Rickettsiella". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 58 (Pt 4): 749–55. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65359-0. PMID 18398164.