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Rickettsia

rickettsia

A member of a group of microorganisms that (like viruses) require other living cells for growth but (like bacteria) use oxygen, have metabolic enzymes and cell walls, and are susceptible to antibiotics. Rickettsiae cause a series of diseases (see rickettsial diseases).


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Are any of these "alive": prions, viroids, virions?

... possesses many characteristics which place it at the boundary of living and non-living. It is as large as several bacterial species, such as Rickettsia conorii and Tropheryma whipplei, possesses a genome of comparable size to several bacteria, including those above, and codes for products ...

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by Tyred
Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:36 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Are any of these "alive": prions, viroids, virions?
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kitasamycin is Belonging to the macrolide antibiotic

... the protein synthesis process. Its inhibition spectrum includes Mycoplasmas, Gram-positive bacteria, some Gram-negative bacteria, Leptospira, Rickettsia. It also inhibits most bacteria resistant to penicillin, oxytetracycline, chlortetracycline, erythromycin and chloramphenicol bacteria strains. ...

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by hinapharm
Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:23 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: kitasamycin is Belonging to the macrolide antibiotic
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reckettsia prowazekii

If you spelled the name correctly, it would probably help your search. It is Rickettsia prowazekii . Then google will provide you plenty of links. Good luck.

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by canalon
Mon May 07, 2007 6:32 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: reckettsia prowazekii
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Views: 1217

The Fiber Disease

... of an obligatory symbiosis between bacteria and its host (Bandi et al., 2001). Furthermore, drugs like tetracycline, known to be effective against Rickettsia-like bacteria, have been shown to cause detrimental effects on filarial nematodes which harbour Wolbachia, and no effects on filarial nematodes ...

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by Skytroll
Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:57 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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The Fiber Disease

... EXAMINATION OF SHEEP FROM CASEOUS LYMPHADENITIS ...... OF PERSISTING TSE TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES ACTIONLYME HOMEPAGE(Anaplasma, Rickettsia, Bartonella, Brucella, Mycoplasma,Wolbachia, etc... ... transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, Borna, lyssaviruses, E. coli, ... http://www.actionlyme.org/Coinfections.htm ...

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by London
Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:37 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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