Rickettsia

rickettsia Translingual thumb|Tick hemolymph cells infected with Rickettsia rickettsii species Etymology From mul Ricketts en surname, mul 1 American pathologist Howard Taylor Ricketts 1871 1910 = -ia.mul taxonomic eponyms Proper noun 1 f genus family Rickettsiaceae the rickettsias; very small bacteria that include the causative agents of typhus and various other febrile diseases in humans. Like viruses, many of them can only grow inside living cells, and they are frequently transmitted by mites, ticks, or lice 1 Hypernyms genus Hyponyms genus Rickettsia prowazekii species - type species; Rickettsia rickettsii species, Rickettsia typhi species - selected other species Coordinate terms genus in Rickettsiaceae Occidentia genus, Orientia genus - genera Derived terms Rickettsiaceae family 1 Rickettsiales order 1 Rickettsieae tribe Descendants ar رِكِتْسِيَا رِيكِتْسِيَّة رِيكِتْسِيَا 1 be рыке́тсія 1 ca rickèttsia 1 en rickettsia 1 fr rickettsie 1 de Rickettsie 1 ja リケッチア riketchia リケッツィア rikettsia リケッチャ riketcha リッケットシア rikkettoshia 1 pl riketsja 1 ro rickettsia 1 ru рикке́тсия 1 es rickettsia 1 uk рике́тсія 1 References 1 1 1 Rickettsia mul Bacteria