HyperDic: family_rickettsiaceae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Rickettsiaceae:
NOUNanimalfamily Rickettsiaceae, Rickettsiaceaemicroorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates
English > family Rickettsiaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningmicroorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates.
SynonymRickettsiaceae
Member ofRickettsiales, order Rickettsialespleomorphic Gram-negative microorganisms
Membersgenus RickettsiaCan cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans
rickettsiaAny of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts
Broaderbacteria familyA family of bacteria
Spanishrickettsiáceas
CatalanRickettsiàcia, rickettsiàcies

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