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What is the purpose of rickettsia bacteria in nature?
When you ask for a purpose, are you asking for something beneficial that they do? They are pathogens that are the closest evolutionary link to mitochondria, and they cause a lot of diseases such as typhus and spotted fevers. I found this on... Read More »
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How are Rickettsia & Chlamydia unique among the bacteria?
Rickettsia is a non-motile, gram-negative, non-sporeforming, highly pleomorphic bacteria , that means it can take a round shape, or rod shape or thread like shape. They are obligate intracellular parasites and depend on entry, growth, and r... Read More »
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How big are Rickettsia/Rickettsiae compared to bacteria?
ricketsia : 0.1 μm in diameter, with 4 -12 μm long viruses : 20 - 300 nm so Riketsia is much bigger Source(s): // Read More »
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They don't have cell wall, the structure that is coloured in the procedure of gram staining.
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