Rickettsiaceae 1
noundomain: animal
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates
Hypernym
a family of bacteria
Member_meronym
Rickettsiales 1
noun
pleomorphic Gram-negative microorganisms
can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans
rickettsia 1
noun
any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings
EnglishMember_holonym
Rickettsiales 1
noun
pleomorphic Gram-negative microorganisms
can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans
rickettsia 1
noun
any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings
