rickettsia (Crossword)
Definitions of “rickettsia”
If the answer you seek is not in the answers above these definitions may help solving your crossword puzzle.• Any member of three genera (Rickettsia, Coxiella, Rochalimaea) of bacteria in the family Rickettsiaceae
• A member of a group of microorganisms that (like viruses) require other living cells for growth but (like bacteria) use oxygen
• 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
• Genus of Gram negative bacteria responsible for a number of insect-borne diseases of man (including scrub typus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever)
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