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Rickettsia Is a Genus of Bacteria Causing Serious Infections in Humans

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Rickettsia is a genus of bacteria causing serious infections in humans. Rickettsia reproduce inside of human cells, and they are dependent upon the host cell's machinery to do so. Like a virus, once replicated, Rickettsia are released from the host cell and can then go on to infect other cells. For Rickettsia to be considered a virus rather than a bacterium, what properties must it have?


A) contain proteins, RNA, or DNA
B) be reliant upon the host cell's protein, RNA, and DNA synthesis machinery
C) reproduce by budding
D) cause a specific disease

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