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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Rickettsiaceae — therickettsia bacteria .
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Examples
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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.
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Rickettsia is endemic in rodent hosts, including mice and rats, and spreads to humans through mites, fleas and body lice.
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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
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Among the fully sequenced species is Rickettsia prowazekii, a bacterium that causes typhus.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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The genome of Rickettsia prowazekii and some thoughts on the origin of mitochondria and hydrogenosomes.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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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
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Among the fully sequenced species is Rickettsia prowazekii, a bacterium that causes typhus.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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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
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The genome of Rickettsia prowazekii and some thoughts on the origin of mitochondria and hydrogenosomes.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Among the fully sequenced species is Rickettsia prowazekii, a bacterium that causes typhus.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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