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Meaning of RICKETTSIAS
WordNet Dictionary
Definition:
[n] rod-shaped microorganisms resembling both bacteria and viruses; live in biting arthropods and cause disease in vertebrate hosts
RICKETTSIAS is a 11 letter word that starts with R.
See Also:
eubacteria
,
eubacterium
,
family Rickettsiaceae
,
Rickettsiaceae
,
true bacteria
Biology Dictionary
Definition:
Obligate intracellular parasites which cause a variety of disease, including
typhus
and
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
.
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