Organisms

Rickettsieae

A tribe of gram-negative bacteria of the family RICKETTSIACEAE whose organisms are found in arthropods and are pathogenic for man and certain other vertebrate hosts.

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A tribe of gram-negative bacteria of the family RICKETTSIACEAE whose organisms are found in arthropods and are pathogenic for man and certain other vertebrate hosts.

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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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a tribe: do not confuse with RICKETTSIACEAE, a family; infection: coord IM with RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS (IM)

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  1. B03w.660w.050w.783w.875w.650

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Rickettsieae. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016996. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016996
  2. Rickettsieae. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3431622