NOM | animal | rickèttsia | 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 |
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Sentit | 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. | |
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Membre de | Rickettsiàcia, rickettsiàcies | microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates |
General | eubactèria, eubacteri, eubacterium, verdadera bactèria | A large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls |
Anglès | rickettsia | |
Espanyol | rickettsia |
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