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COXIELLA BURNETII
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Coxiella |
| Species: | Coxiella burnetii |
| Description: | Small, Gram-negative, pleomorphic coccobacillus; obligate intracellular bacterium that replicates in macrophages and monocytes.Size: 0.4-1.2 μm in length and 0.2-0.4 μm in width.Resistant to heat, low or high pH, 0.5% sodium hypochlorite, UV irradiation, and environmental conditions, such as desiccation, extreme temperatures, and sunlight, because of the presence of a spore-like stage. |
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| Source: | This organism is widely distributed in nature and can cause infections in reptiles, birds, and mammals. |
| Pathogenicity: | It causes Q fever, or 'query' fever, an atypical pneumonia first associated with abattoir workers in Australia. |
| Genbank: | NC_002971.4 [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
| Size (Mb): | 2 |
| GC %: | 42.7 |
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| Reference: | DERRICK (E.H.): Rickettsia burneti: The cause of Q-fever. Medical Journal of Australia, 1939, 1, 14. 2 PHILIP (C.B.): Comments on the name of the Q-fever organism. Public Health Report, 1948, 63, 58. |
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