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rickettsia(encyclopedia)
rickettsia(dictionary)
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rickettsia typhi(medicine)
rickettsia rickettsii(medicine)

Rickettsia (medicine)


rickettsia


A member of a group of microorganisms that (like viruses) require other living cells for growth but (like bacteria) use oxygen, have metabolic enzymes and cell walls, and are susceptible to antibiotics. Rickettsiae cause a series of diseases (see rickettsial diseases).