Bacterium
rickettsia japonica
rick·ett·si·a ja·pon·i·ca
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A species of aerobic, Gram negative, rod and cocci shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is obligately intracellular, motile, does not form plaques in Vero cell cultures and is transmitted to humans by a tick, Haemaphysalis hystricis. R. japonica is a pathogen that causes Japanese spotted fever.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Rickettsia japonica.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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