Ae.gyp' ti.a.nel' la
. dim. ending ‐
ella
M.L. fem. dim. n.
Aegyptianella
named after Egypt where the organism was described in 1929.
Proteobacteria / Alphaproteobacteria / Rickettsiales / Anaplasmataceae / incertae Sedis V. Aegyptianella
In blood smears stained by Romanowsky methods, the inclusions
appear in erythrocytes as purple intracytoplasmic bodies
of 0.3–4 µm in size. By electron microscopy, each inclusion contains between 1 and 26 pleomorphic cocci with trilaminar outer membranes. They are obligate parasites of domestic and wild birds. Transmitted by ticks.
The mol
%
G
+
C of the DNA is
: not known.
Type species
:
Aegyptianella pullorum
Carpano 1929, 12.