genus rickettsia

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   can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans

   Broaderbacteria genus

   Part ofRickettsiaceae

Questions about genus rickettsia

What does genus rickettsia mean?

genus rickettsia means "can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans".

Is genus rickettsia a common word?

genus rickettsia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.