- genus Rickettsia
- nouncan cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans• Hypernyms: ↑bacteria genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Rickettsiaceae, ↑family Rickettsiaceae
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genus Rickettsia
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Rickettsia — Systematik Domäne: Bakterien (Bacteria) Abteilung: Proteobacteria Klasse: Alpha Proteobacteria … Deutsch Wikipedia
Rickettsia — Taxobox color = lightgre name = Rickettsia image caption = Rickettsia rickettsii brown = Bacteria phylum = Proteobacteria classis = Alpha Proteobacteria ordo = Rickettsiales familia = Rickettsiaceae genus = Rickettsia genus authority = da Rocha… … Wikipedia
Rickettsia rickettsii — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Rickettsia rickettsii regnum = Bacteria phylum = Proteobacteria classis = Alpha Proteobacteria ordo = Rickettsiales familia = Rickettsiaceae genus = Rickettsia species = R. rickettsii binomial = Rickettsia… … Wikipedia
rickettsia — rickettsial, adj. /ri ket see euh/, n., pl. rickettsiae / see ee /, rickettsias / see euhz/. 1. any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and… … Universalium
Rickettsia prowazekii — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Rickettsia prowazekii regnum = Bacteria phylum = Proteobacteria classis = Alpha Proteobacteria ordo = Rickettsiales familia = Rickettsiaceae genus = Rickettsia species = R. prowazekii binomial = Rickettsia… … Wikipedia
rickettsia — noun Any of a group of gram negative bacteria, of the genus Rickettsia, carried as parasites by ticks, fleas and lice; they cause typhus and other diseases … Wiktionary
rickettsia — rɪ ketsɪə n. any of several species of bacteria from the genus Rickettsia, type of parasitic bacteria which can cause serious diseases in humans … English contemporary dictionary
rickettsia — [rɪ kɛtsɪə] noun (plural rickettsiae ɪi: or rickettsias) any of a group of very small bacteria that cause typhus and other febrile diseases. [Genus Rickettsia.] Derivatives rickettsial adjective Origin mod. L., named after the American… … English new terms dictionary
rickettsia — n. a parasitic micro organism of the genus Rickettsia causing typhus and other febrile diseases. Derivatives: rickettsial adj. Etymology: mod.L f. H. T. Ricketts, Amer. pathologist d. 1910 … Useful english dictionary
Rickettsia — Genus of Gram negative bacteria responsible for a number of insect borne diseases of man (including scrub typus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever). Obligate intracellular parasites … Dictionary of molecular biology
