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Rickettsia

Known as: rickettsias 
A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria often surrounded by a protein microcapsular layer and slime layer. The natural cycle of its… 
National Institutes of Health

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BartonellaRickettsia prowazekii
CDISC SDTM Microorganism TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyGram-Negative BacteriaRickettsia Infections

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Order Rickettsiales

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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Corticosteroid therapy and airflow obstruction influence the bronchial microbiome, which is distinct from that of bronchoalveolar lavage in asthmatic airways.
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Detection of tick-borne pathogens in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), in questing ticks (Ixodes ricinus), and in ticks infesting roe deer in southern Germany.
Review
2009
Review
2009
Host-cell interactions with pathogenic Rickettsia species.
Pathogenic Rickettsia species are Gram-negative, obligate intracellular bacteria responsible for the spotted fever and typhus… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
The presence of Rickettsia is associated with increased susceptibility of Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) to insecticides.
BACKGROUND The presence of certain symbiotic microorganisms may be associated with insecticide resistance in insects. The authors… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
The First Finding of a Rickettsia Bacterium Associated with Parthenogenesis Induction Among Insects
The larval endoparasitoid, Neochrysocharis formosa (Westwood), is an important natural enemy of the leafminer Liriomyza trifolii… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Rickettsia monacensis sp. nov., a Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia, from Ticks (Ixodes ricinus) Collected in a European City Park
ABSTRACT We describe the isolation and characterization of Rickettsia monacensis sp. nov. (type strain, IrR/MunichT) from an… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Pseudogenes, junk DNA, and the dynamics of Rickettsia genomes.
Studies of neutrally evolving sequences suggest that differences in eukaryotic genome sizes result from different rates of DNA… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Rickettsia aeschlimannii sp. nov., a new spotted fever group rickettsia associated with Hyalomma marginatum ticks.
We formally propose the name Rickettsia aeschlimannii sp. nov. for a new spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsia, strain MC16T… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Single and double infections with Wolbachia in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis: effects on compatibility.
Wolbachia are cytoplasmically inherited bacteria responsible for reproductive incompatibility in a wide range of insects. There… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
virus, mycoplasma, and rickettsia diseases of fruit trees
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