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Coxiella burnetii (ATCC VR-615)

Name: Coxiella burnetii (ATCC VR-615)
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BacDive ID 168654

Type strain

Culture col. no. ATCC VR-615

NCBI tax ID(s) 777

Coxiella burnetii ATCC VR-615 is a bacterium of the family Coxiellaceae.

16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

ATCC VR-615

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:40:51

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Legionellales

Family Coxiellaceae

Genus Coxiella

Species Coxiella burnetii

Full scientific name Coxiella burnetii corrig. (Derrick 1939) Philip 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (2)

"Rickettsia burneti"
Coxiella burneti

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Taxonmaps

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Global distribution of 16S sequence HM208383 (>99% sequence identity) for Coxiella burnetii subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	906
Soil Samples	419
Animal Samples	1524
Plant Samples	17
Total Samples	2866

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
20215	3	Risk group

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20215	Coxiella burnetii culture-collection ATCC:VR-615 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	HM208383	1465		777

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Laboratory Diagnosis of 37 Cases of Bartonella Endocarditis Based on Enzyme Immunoassay and Real-Time PCR.	Shapira L, Rasis M, Binsky Ehrenreich I, Maor Y, Katchman EA, Treves A, Velan A, Halutz O, Graidy-Varon M, Leibovitch C, Maisler N, Ephros M, Giladi M.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.02217-20	2021
	Prevalence of Coxiella burnetii in unpasteurized dairy products using nested PCR assay.	Abdali F, Hosseinzadeh S, Berizi E, Shams S.	Iran J Microbiol		2018
	Retrospective Biomolecular Investigation of Coxiella burnetii and Leptospira spp. DNA in Cases of Abortion, Stillbirth and Neonatal Mortality in Dogs and Cats.	Stefanetti V, Compagnone A, Sordini C, Passamonti F, Rampacci E, Moscati L, Marenzoni ML.	Top Companion Anim Med	10.1053/j.tcam.2018.08.005	2018
	Molecular detection of Brucella melitensis, Coxiella burnetii and Salmonella abortusovis in aborted fetuses of Baluchi sheep in Sistan region, south-eastern Iran.	Mahdavi Roshan H, Saadati D, Najimi M.	Iran J Vet Res		2018
	First Record of Microbiomes of Sponges Collected From the Persian Gulf, Using Tag Pyrosequencing.	Najafi A, Moradinasab M, Nabipour I.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2018.01500	2018
	Q fever outbreak in homeless shelter.	Brouqui P, Badiaga S, Raoult D.	Emerg Infect Dis	10.3201/eid1007.031020	2004
	Increases in the levels of Coxiella burnetii-specific immunoglobulin G1 and G3 antibodies in acute Q fever and chronic Q fever.	Capo C, Iorgulescu I, Mutillod M, Mege JL, Raoult D.	Clin Diagn Lab Immunol	10.1128/cdli.5.6.814-816.1998	1998
	Phagolysosomes of Coxiella burnetii-infected cell lines maintain an acidic pH during persistent infection.	Maurin M, Benoliel AM, Bongrand P, Raoult D.	Infect Immun	10.1128/iai.60.12.5013-5016.1992	1992
	Serological cross-reactions between Coxiella burnetii and Legionella micdadei.	Musso D, Raoult D.	Clin Diagn Lab Immunol	10.1128/cdli.4.2.208-212.1997	1997
Enzymology	Serological cross-reactions between Bartonella quintana, Bartonella henselae, and Coxiella burnetii.	La Scola B, Raoult D.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.34.9.2270-2274.1996	1996
	Diagnosis of rickettsial diseases using samples dried on blotting paper.	Fenollar F, Raoult D.	Clin Diagn Lab Immunol	10.1128/cdli.6.4.483-488.1999	1999
Metabolism	Coxiella burnetii induces reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton in human monocytes.	Meconi S, Jacomo V, Boquet P, Raoult D, Mege JL, Capo C.	Infect Immun	10.1128/iai.66.11.5527-5533.1998	1998
	Predominant immunoglobulin A response to phase II antigen of Coxiella burnetii in acute Q fever.	Fournier PE, Raoult D.	Clin Diagn Lab Immunol	10.1128/cdli.6.2.173-177.1999	1999
	Q fever serology: cutoff determination for microimmunofluorescence.	Dupont HT, Thirion X, Raoult D.	Clin Diagn Lab Immunol	10.1128/cdli.1.2.189-196.1994	1994
Enzymology	Detection of Coxiella burnetti by DNA amplification using polymerase chain reaction.	Stein A, Raoult D.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.30.9.2462-2466.1992	1992
Phylogeny	Acute tick-borne rickettsiosis caused by Rickettsia heilongjiangensis in Russian Far East.	Mediannikov OY, Sidelnikov Y, Ivanov L, Mokretsova E, Fournier PE, Tarasevich I, Raoult D.	Emerg Infect Dis	10.3201/eid1005.030437	2004
Phylogeny	[First Isolation of Coxiella burnetii in Turkey from a Patient with Endocarditis; Antigen Production and Phase Change Study].	Celebi B, Bas B, Aguloglu Bali E, Simsek Yavuz S	Mikrobiyol Bul	10.5578/mb.68336	2019

References

#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .

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Coxiella burnetii (ATCC VR-615)

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Culture and growth conditions

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

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Risk assessment

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