Biological Classification Question 132
132. Rickettsiae constitute a group under
(a) bacteria
(b) viruses
(c) independent group between bacteria and viruses
(d) fungi
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Answer : c
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(c) Rickettsia are tiny obligate, intracellular parasites found in blood sucking insects like lices, mites, ticks. They were first observed by Ricketts in 1909 but it was properly described by Rocha-lime 1916, who named them as Rickettsia. They have mucopeptide cell wall with DNA as genetic material and are independent entity causing diseases like Q-fever, typhus etc.
