rickettsiaceae

Noun
  1. Microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates (synset 101373733)
    is a type of: bacteria family - a family of bacteria
    member holonym:
    • genus rickettsia - can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans
    • rickettsia - any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings
    belongs to: order rickettsiales, rickettsiales - pleomorphic Gram-negative microorganisms
    same as: family rickettsiaceae

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