rickettsia
Kelime Anlamı :

1. riketsiya.
2. Küçkü, pleomorfik paraziter mikro-organizmalar.
3. riketsia.
Tanımlar :
1. any of various bacteria of the genus rickettsia, carried as parasites by many ticks, fleas, and lice, that cause diseases such as typhus, scrub typhus, and rocky mountain spotted fever in humans.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. any of a group of gram-negative bacteria, of the genus rickettsia, carried as parasites by ticks, fleas and lice; they cause typhus and other diseases
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. 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; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings
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