Ormsbee R A
Acta Virol. 1985 Sep;29(5):432-48.
Although most pathogenic rickettsiae are obligate intracellular parasites, it is clear that they are bacteria. As such, form and function in rickettsiae are closely similar to form and function found in their free-living counterparts. This review of rickettsiae as bacteria portrays the broad similarities of rickettsiae and free-living bacteria, as well as the differences which distinquish one group from the other and one rickettsia from another. Growth characteristics and requirements, ecologic influences, special adaptations, antibiotic susceptibilities and host-parasite relationships will be considered in a broad survey of likenesses and differences displayed by rickettsiae pathogenic to man.
尽管大多数致病性立克次氏体是专性细胞内寄生虫，但显然它们是细菌。因此，立克次氏体的形态和功能与自由生活的同类细菌的形态和功能极为相似。这篇将立克次氏体视为细菌的综述描绘了立克次氏体与自由生活细菌的广泛相似之处，以及将这两类细菌区分开来以及区分不同立克次氏体的差异。在对人类致病性立克次氏体所表现出的异同进行广泛考察时，将考虑其生长特性和需求、生态影响、特殊适应性、抗生素敏感性以及宿主 - 寄生虫关系。
