Coxiella burnetii

2022 ◽  
pp. 247-262
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Frangoulidis ◽  
Mathias C. Walter ◽  
Akinyemi M. Fasemore ◽  
Sally J. Cutler
Keyword(s):  
Coxiella Burnetii

A comparison of three cryotechniques (freeze-drying, cryosubstitution, cryosectioning) of specimen preparation for immunolabelling of bacterial antigens of Coxiella burnetii

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 140-141
Author(s):  
T. F. McCaul ◽  
R. J. Gould
Keyword(s):  
Coxiella Burnetii ◽  
Freeze Drying ◽  
Stress Proteins ◽  
Cultured Cells ◽  
High Specificity ◽  
Specimen Preparation ◽  
Bacterial Antigens ◽  
Structural Preservation ◽  
Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein ◽  
Cellular Components

Immuno-electron microscopy has allowed the selective localisation of molecules with high resolution and high specificity. Cryopreparatory methods have provided better retention of antigenicity suitable for precise immunolabelling together with optimal structural preservation of cellular components. Cryosubstitution and cryoultramicrotomy have widely been exploited for immunolabelling. Molecular Distillation Dryer (MDD), a form of freeze-drying technique, has recently been used for immunolabelling of Plasmodium falciparum stress proteins and nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles in cultured cells. In the present study, we report the comparison of all three cryotechniques in the immunolabelling of bacterial antigens of Coxiella burnetii.The highly infectious C. burnetii was prefixed in 3% glutaraldehyde (66 mM cacodylate buffer, pH 6.8 ). The cells were then pre-embedded in 2% low-temperature agarose on Durapore hydrophilic membrane prior to cryofixation using a LifeCell CF100 metal-mirror system. A 1% glutaraldehyde in 100% methanol was used as a medium for cryosubstitution in a Reichert CS Auto Cryosubstitution apparatus.

Cow fever – High seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii antibodies in veterinarians associated with obstetric activity on cattle, Germany, 2009

2010 ◽  
Vol 72 (08/09) ◽  
Author(s):  
H Bernard ◽  
S Brockmann ◽  
N Kleinkauf ◽  
C Klinc ◽  
C Wagner-Wiening ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coxiella Burnetii ◽  
High Seroprevalence

Exemplar Abstract for Coxiella burnetii (Derrick 1939) Philip 1948 (Approved Lists 1980).

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Thomas Parker ◽  
Dorothea Taylor ◽  
George M Garrity
Keyword(s):  
Coxiella Burnetii

Susceptibility of Intracellular Coxiella burnetii to Antimicrobial Peptides in Mouse Fibroblast Cells

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Unsworth ◽  
Raymond Dawson ◽  
John Wade ◽  
Chun-Qiang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Peptides ◽  
Coxiella Burnetii ◽  
Mouse Fibroblast ◽  
Fibroblast Cells

scholarly journals Sequence of a Coxiella endosymbiont of the tick Amblyomma nuttalli suggests a pattern of convergent genome reduction in the Coxiella genus

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiago Nardi ◽  
Emanuela Olivieri ◽  
Edward Kariuki ◽  
Davide Sassera ◽  
Michele Castelli
Keyword(s):  
Coxiella Burnetii ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Genome Reduction ◽  
Metabolic Profiles ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Bacterial Symbionts ◽  
Human Pathogen ◽  
Host Genus ◽  
Supportive Role ◽  
Genus One

Abstract Ticks require bacterial symbionts for the provision of necessary compounds that are absent in their hematophagous diet. Such symbionts are frequently vertically transmitted and, most commonly, belong to the Coxiella genus, which also includes the human pathogen Coxiella burnetii. This genus can be divided in four main clades, presenting partial but incomplete co-cladogenesis with the tick hosts. Here we report the genome sequence of a novel Coxiella, endosymbiont of the African tick Amblyomma nuttalli, and the ensuing comparative analyses. Its size (~1 Mb) is intermediate between symbionts of Rhipicephalus species and other Amblyomma species. Phylogenetic analyses show that the novel sequence is the first genome of the B clade, the only one for which no genomes were previously available. Accordingly, it allows to draw an enhanced scenario of the evolution of the genus, one of parallel genome reduction of different endosymbiont lineages, which are now at different stages of reduction from a more versatile ancestor. Gene content comparison allows to infer that the ancestor could be reminiscent of Coxiella burnetii. Interestingly, the convergent loss of mismatch repair could have been a major driver of such reductive evolution. Predicted metabolic profiles are rather homogenous among Coxiella endosymbionts, in particular vitamin biosynthesis, consistently with a host-supportive role. Concurrently, similarities among Coxiella endosymbionts according to host genus and despite phylogenetic unrelatedness hint at possible host-dependent effects.

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