HyperDic: genus_rickettsia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Rickettsia:
NOUNanimalgenus Rickettsiacan cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans
English > genus Rickettsia: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningCan cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans.
Member ofRickettsiaceae, family Rickettsiaceaemicroorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates
Broaderbacteria genusA genus of bacteria
Spanishgenus rickettsia
Catalangenus rickettsia

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