genus rickettsia

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1. can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bacteria genus,
definition	:	a genus of bacteria (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family rickettsiaceae, rickettsiaceae,
definition	:	microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates (noun.animal)