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Noun: Rickettsiaceae
  1. Microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates
    - family Rickettsiaceae

Type of: bacteria family

Part of: order Rickettsiales, Rickettsiales

Encyclopedia: Rickettsiaceae

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