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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rickettsia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria |
| Derivation | rickettsial |
Examples of rickettsia
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The name rickettsia is often used for any member of the Rickettsiales.
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These resemble the rickettsia that cause other human diseases.
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Rickettsia is clearly a boon for the whitefly parents.
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Unlike penicillin, macrolides have been shown to be effective against Legionella pneumophila, mycoplasma, mycobacteria, some rickettsia, and chlamydia.
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However more recently it has become apparent that rickettsia are more widespread than previously believed and are known to be associated with arthropods, leeches and protists.
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The patients had blackish lesions on their skin, which led to their initially being diagnosed as rickettsioses, which are diseases caused by intracellular pathogenic bacteria called rickettsia.
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- 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
- (rickettsiosis) rickettsial disease: infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria
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- 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
- (Rickettsiae) microorganisms that resemble bacteria but differ in that they are intracellular parasites that reproduce inside cells; typhus and Q fever are examples of diseases caused by rickettsia organisms.
- Ruh-KEHT-see-yuh/ A class of microorganisms often described as intermediate between viruses and bacteria; differ from bacteria in being obligate parasites (cannot grow in the absence of living cells); differ from viruses because they are retained in a Berkefeld filter.
- A class of single-celled organisms which fall in between bacteria and virus in terms of complexity. One of the more important rickettsiae is Chlamydia trachomatis, the cause of the sexually transmitted disease, chlamydia. ...
- Genus of bacteria , named after the American pathologist Howard Taylor Ricketts, who first discovered them. Like viruses , they can survive and multiply only inside cells . The micro-organisms, which are either round or long, are found in mammals and cause several diseases in human beings. ...
- A small bacterium that lives in lice, fleas, ticks and mites; causes rocky mountain spotted fever
