Meaning of RICKETTSIAS

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  rod-shaped microorganisms resembling both bacteria and viruses; live in biting arthropods and cause disease in vertebrate hosts
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	See Also:		eubacteria, eubacterium, family Rickettsiaceae, Rickettsiaceae, true bacteria
Biology Dictionary
	Definition:		Obligate intracellular parasites which cause a variety of disease, including typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.