Rickettsia
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See also: rickettsia
Etymology
Named after American pathologist Howard Taylor Ricketts (1871–1910) + -ia (taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
Rickettsia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Rickettsiaceae – very small bacteria that include the causative agents of typhus and various other febrile diseases in humans. Like viruses, many of them can only grow inside living cells, and they are frequently transmitted by mites, ticks, or lice.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Alphaproteobacteria – class; Rickettsiales - order; Rickettsiaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Rickettsia prowazekii - type species; Rickettsia rickettsii, Rickettsia typhi - selected other species
Coordinate terms
- (genus in Rickettsiaceae): Occidentia, Orientia - genera
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: rickettsia
References
Rickettsia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Rickettsia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Rickettsia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Rickettsia in the Genome Taxonomy Database
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