NOMBRE | animal | 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 |
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Sentido | 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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Miembro de | rickettsiáceas | microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates |
General | eubacteria, eubacterias, eubacterium | A large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls |
Inglés | rickettsia | |
Catalán | rickèttsia |
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