Definisjon av Rickettsia

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Noun

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; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings
eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
family rickettsiaceae, rickettsiaceae microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates
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Substantiv

Rickettsia - 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.

Substantiv

  • Entall: rickettsia
  • Flertall: rickettsias

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