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Question
Rickettsiae form a group of:
A. Bacterium-like prokaryotes
B. Viruses
C. Fungi
D. None of the above
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A. Bacterium-like prokaryotes
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Rickettsiae are obligate intracellular bacteria; that is, they can grow only within cells. They are the agents of several important diseases, namely typhus, spotted fevers such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Q fever, anaplasmosis, and ehrlichiosis. Rickettsiae form a group of bacterium-like prokaryotes, occurring naturally in tissues of certain arthropods, which can transmit then to mammals where they can produce fatal disease.
References
NCERT Biology Text, Class: XI, Unit I: Diversity in the Living World, Chapter 2: Biological Classification & Levinson W. Rickettsiae. In: Levinson W. eds. Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 14e. Reference link
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