Translations for 'Maltese'. Maltese means belonging or relating to Malta, or to its people, language, or culture....the Maltese writer Francis Ebejer. person A Maltese is a person who comes from Malta. language Maltese is a language spoken in Malta.
Rickettsia is a genus of non-motile, Gram-negative, non-sporeforming, highly pleomorphic bacteria that can present as cocci (0.1 Î¼m in diameter), rods (1-4 Î¼m long) or thread-like (10 Î¼m long). Obligate intracellular parasites, the Rickettsia depend on entry, growth, and replication within the cytoplasm of eukaryotic host cells (typically endothelial cells).
ATP production in Rickettsia is the same as that in mitochondria. In fact, of all the microbes known, the Rickettsia is probably the closest relative (in phylogenetic sense) to the mitochondria. Unlike the latter, the genome of R. prowazekii, however, contains a complete set of genes encoding for the tricarboxylic acid cycle and the respiratory-chain complex.