What is "coxiella"

Coxiella refers to a genus of Gram-negative bacteria in the family Coxiellaceae. It is named after Harold Herald Rea Cox (1907–1986), an American bacteriologist. It is one of the Gammaproteobacteria.

Coxiella burnetii is the only member of this genus. It is an intracellular bacterium and it survives within the phagolysosomes of its host. It causes Q fever.

Coxiella is a genus of aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiopsidae. These snails that live in saline lakes, and have gills and an operculum.

Coxiella is a taxonomic homonym:

• Coxiella (bacterium), genus of bacteria in the family Coxiellaceae
  • Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever
• Coxiella (gastropod), genus of snails from saline lakes in the family Pomatiopsidae