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Concept information
Preferred term
Rickettsia
Type
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Organism
Definition
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A genus of bacteria that causes typhus and spotted fevers in humans.
Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
Type: Concept definition
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- Rickettsia aeschlimannii
- Rickettsia africae
- Rickettsia akari
- Rickettsia australis
- Rickettsia bellii
- Rickettsia canadensis
- Rickettsia conorii
- Rickettsia felis
- Rickettsia helvetica
- Rickettsia honei
- Rickettsia japonica
- Rickettsia massiliae
- Rickettsia mongolotimonae
- Rickettsia montanensis
- Rickettsia parkeri
- Rickettsia peacockii
- Rickettsia prowazekii
- Rickettsia rhipicephali
- Rickettsia rickettsii
- Rickettsia sibirica
- Rickettsia slovaca
- Rickettsia typhi
Source
- Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology
Has taxonomic rank
In other languages
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Spanish
URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/61536
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