''Rickettsia africae'' is a species of ''
Rickettsia
''Rickettsia'' is a genus of nonmotile, gram-negative, nonspore-forming, highly pleomorphic bacteria that may occur in the forms of cocci (0.1 μm in diameter), bacilli (1–4 μm long), or threads (up to about 10 μm long). The term "ricke ...
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It can cause
African tick-bite fever.
References
Rickettsiaceae
{{Alphaproteobacteria-stub