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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Rickettsiaceae — the rickettsia bacteria.

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Examples

  • As well as irritations from infestations with body lice or the closely-related human head lice, the body louse may carry harmful bacteria such as Rickettsia prowazekii that cause epidemic typhus and are classified as a category B bioterrorism agent.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

  • Rickettsia is endemic in rodent hosts, including mice and rats, and spreads to humans through mites, fleas and body lice.

    7 Worst Pandemics In History | Impact Lab 2009

  • A primordial free-living bacteria must have been the ancestor of both Rickettsia and mitochondria perhaps 3 billion years ago.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Among the fully sequenced species is Rickettsia prowazekii, a bacterium that causes typhus.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • The genome of Rickettsia prowazekii and some thoughts on the origin of mitochondria and hydrogenosomes.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • A primordial free-living bacteria must have been the ancestor of both Rickettsia and mitochondria perhaps 3 billion years ago.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Among the fully sequenced species is Rickettsia prowazekii, a bacterium that causes typhus.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • A primordial free-living bacteria must have been the ancestor of both Rickettsia and mitochondria perhaps 3 billion years ago.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • The genome of Rickettsia prowazekii and some thoughts on the origin of mitochondria and hydrogenosomes.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Among the fully sequenced species is Rickettsia prowazekii, a bacterium that causes typhus.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

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