Bacterium
rickettsiaceae
Subclass of:
Order Rickettsiales
Definitions related to rickettsiaceae:
  • A family of gram-negative bacteria belonging to the order Rickettsiales.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A taxonomic family of Gram negative, non acid fast bacterium in the phylum Proteobacteria that includes the genera Rickettsia and Wolbachia, among others.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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