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Rickettsia
Meaning
Noun
●
In Bacteria:
Any of a group of
gram-negative
bacteria
, of the
genus
Rickettsia,
carried
as
parasites
by
ticks
,
fleas
and
lice
, that cause
typhus
and other diseases.
●
Any
bacterium
of the order Rickettsiales.
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Wiktionary
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