Species Coxiella burnetii

Name: Coxiella burnetii corrig. (Derrick 1939) Philip 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: "Rickettsia burneti" Derrick 1939

Etymology: bur.ne’ti.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. burnetii, of Burnet, named after Frank MacFarlane Burnet, who first studied the properties of this organism

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-xi-EL-la bur-NE-ti-i, feminine

Type strain: ATCC VR-615

16S rRNA gene: HM208383 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 3

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Coxiella burneti (Derrick 1939) Philip 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    "Rickettsia burneti" Derrick 1939	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Coxiella (Philip 1943) Philip 1948 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Philip CB. Comments on the name of the Q-fever organism. Public Health Report 1948; 63:58.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 3". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "Phase II: 2 Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No; default: 3 Animal classification RG: 3 - Security sensitive biological agent: Yes - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No; clone 4 RSA439: 2 Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No; Nine mile: 2 Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "Z, sr". — The risk group for France has been imported on 2024-08-30. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "P620 = v, P650 = v". — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "specifically the Phase II, Nine Mile strain, plaque purified, clone 4: 2; except the Phase II, Nine Mile strain: 3 ". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4629 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
  • 🧍 In the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, the type strain is erroneously cited as ATCC VR 615 (without dash). — Tang J. Personal communication, 2001-05-30.

Parent taxon: Coxiella (Philip 1943) Philip 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Philip CB. Comments on the name of the Q-fever organism. Public Health Report 1948; 63:58.

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