Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Rickettsia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rickettsiaceae – the rickettsia bacteria.

Derived terms

• See Wikipedia for species

English

Noun

rickettsia ‎(plural rickettsias or rickettsiae)

Wikispecies

1. Any of a group of gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Rickettsia, carried as parasites by ticks, fleas and lice; they cause typhus and other diseases

Related terms

• rickettsial
• rickettsiology

Spanish

Noun

rickettsia f ‎(plural rickettsias)

1. rickettsia