#genus_Rickettsia can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans
supertype: bacteria_genus a genus of bacteria
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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