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Descriptor English: Rickettsia rickettsii
Descriptor Spanish: Rickettsia rickettsii
Descriptor Rickettsia rickettsii
Scope note: Especie de bacterias aerobias gramnegativas que causan la FIEBRE MACULOSA DE LAS MONTAÑAS ROCOSAS. Son algo más pequeñas y de tamaño más uniforme que RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII.
Descriptor Portuguese: Rickettsia rickettsii
Descriptor French: Rickettsia ricketsii
Tree number(s): B03.660.050.783.875.650.650.650
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012284
Scope note: A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that is the etiologic agent of ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER. Its cells are slightly smaller and more uniform in size than those of RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII.
Annotation: infection = ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 12697
Unique ID: D012284
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Rickettsia rickettsii - Preferred
Concept UI M0019100
Scope note A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that is the etiologic agent of ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER. Its cells are slightly smaller and more uniform in size than those of RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII.
Preferred term Rickettsia rickettsii



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