| NOUN | animal | Rickettsiaceae, family Rickettsiaceae | microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates |
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| Meaning | microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates. | |
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| Synonym | family Rickettsiaceae | |
| Member of | Rickettsiales, order Rickettsiales | pleomorphic Gram-negative microorganisms |
| Members | 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 | |
| Broader | bacteria family | A family of bacteria |
| Spanish | rickettsiáceas | |
| Catalan | Rickettsiàcia, rickettsiàcies | |
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