Rickettsiae/Definition
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Rickettsiae [r]: A tribe of gram-negative bacteria of the family rickettsiaceae, whose organisms are found in arthropods and are pathogenic for man and certain other vertebrate hosts [1]
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This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Rickettsiae (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.