#rickettsias__rickettsia rod-shaped microorganisms resembling both bacteria and viruses; live in biting arthropods and cause disease in vertebrate hosts
supertype: #eubacteria__eubacterium__truebacteria a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
member of: #family_Rickettsiaceae__Rickettsiaceae microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates
member of: #order_Rickettsiales__Rickettsiales pleomorphic gram-negative microorganisms
member of: #division_Eubacteria one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella
member of: #kingdom_Monera__Monera prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions
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