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Definition of Rickettsiae
1. rickettsia [n] - See also: rickettsia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rickettsiae
Literary usage of Rickettsiae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"BIOLOGICAL & MEDICAL SCIENCES: Repositories 0501 Collection of Viruses, Molecularly
Cloned Viruses, Viral Antisera, Chlamydiae, and rickettsiae Department ..."
2. U. S. Dual-Use Exports to Iraq and Their Impact on the Health of the Persian by DIANE Publishing Company (1997)
"rickettsiae. rickettsiae organisms have the physical appearance of bacteria and
the growth characteristics of viruses. Members of this group must have ..."
3. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"In impression smears most of the rickettsiae are extracellular, but in animals
... In ticks the rickettsiae are present in the feces in enormous numbers, ..."
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