Rickettsia
Bacteria
Rickettsia is a genus of nonmotile, gram-negative, nonspore-forming, highly pleomorphic bacteria that may occur in the forms of cocci, bacilli, or threads. The genus was named after Howard Taylor Ricketts in honor of his pioneering work on... Wikipedia
Lower classifications: Rickettsia rickettsii, Rickettsia prowazekii, Rickettsia typhi, and more
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Scientific name: Rickettsia
Domain: Bacteria
Family: Rickettsiaceae
Genus: Rickettsia; da Rocha-Lima, 1916
Order: Rickettsiales