order Rickettsiales
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Related to order Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae, Q fever, Anaplasmataceae, Ehrlichia, Coxiella, Wolbachia
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Noun | 1. | order Rickettsiales - pleomorphic Gram-negative microorganisms animal order - the order of animals division Eubacteria - one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella family Rickettsiaceae, Rickettsiaceae - microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates Chlamydiaceae, family Chlamydiaceae - Gram-negative parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates |
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