A small bacterium that lives in lice, fleas, ticks, and mites is known as ____.
A) rickettsia
B) spirochete
C) staphylococcus
D) streptococcus

Question

A small bacterium that lives in lice, fleas, ticks, and mites is known as ____.
A) ​rickettsia
B) ​spirochete
C) ​staphylococcus
D) ​streptococcus

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Rickettsia is an obligate intracellular parasite that lives within various arthropods such as lice, fleas, ticks, and mites. It is responsible for causing several diseases in humans, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever, typhus fever, and Q fever.

A Small Bacterium That Lives in Lice, Fleas, Ticks, and Mites