''Neorickettsia sennetsu'' is a Gram-negative
bacterium
Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among ...
that causes
Sennetsu ehrlichiosis
Ehrlichiosis is a tick-borne
bacterial infection, caused by bacteria of the family Anaplasmataceae, genera ''Ehrlichia'' and ''Anaplasma''. These obligate intracellular bacteria infect and kill white blood cells.
The average reported annual inc ...
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See also
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Neorickettsia risticii
''Neorickettsia risticii'', formerly ''Ehrlichia risticii,'' is an obligate intracellular gram negative bacteria that typically lives as an endosymbiont to parasitic flatworms, specifically flukes. ''N. risticii'' is the known causative agent of ...
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References
Rickettsiales
Bacteria described in 2001
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