''Rickettsia honei'' 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 genus was n ...
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It can cause
Flinders Island spotted fever.
References
Rickettsiaceae
Pathogenic bacteria
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