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Rickettsia
Definition 1
A genus of non-motile, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, obligate intracellular parasitic bacteria in the phylum Proteobacteria. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Rickettsia genus level. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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