Name: Coxiella (Philip 1943) Philip 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Coxiella, named after Harold R. Cox, who in collaboration with G.E. Davis, first isolated this organism in the United States shortly after its discovery in Australia and who introduced the technique of yolk sac inoculation of the chick embryo, which greatly facilitated the study of this and other genera
Type species: Coxiella burnetii (Derrick 1939) Philip 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)
Original publication: Philip CB. Comments on the name of the Q-fever organism. Public Health Report 1948; 63:58.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Coxiella burnetii (Derrick 1939) Philip 1948 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published | correct name |
"Coxiella popilliae" Dutky and Gooden 1952 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists |
Parent taxon: Coxiellaceae Garrity et al. 2005
Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family II. Coxiellaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 237.
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Record number: 517210