Pedigree: Family Rickettsiaceae

The PEDIGREE of

Family Rickettsiaceae

(DISEASES)

"Child(ren)": Genus Orientia ; Rickettsia (typhus : rickettsialpox : Australian tick typhus : Boutonneuse fever : tick bite fever : spotted fever : etc.) ; Wolbachia

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														/	-- Earth of Lower Imbrian Era (Hadean Eon) +	====> [ 36]
													/	-- Earth of Eoarchean Era (Archean Eon)
												/	-- Non-reproducing Precursor Organism
											/	-- Earliest life (Based on Peptide Nucleic Acid)
											\|	\	/ or: polyamide nucleic acid
											\|	\|	/ or: glycol nucleic acid or: threose nucleic acid
											/	\	-- Montmorillonite-based Vesicles
										/	-- Earlier life (Based on RNA)
										/		/ (skip this generation?)
									/	-- Earlier Life (Based on RNA and Protein)
								/	-- Last Universal Ancestor of Present Life
								\|	\	/ OR: Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) +						====> [ 9]
								\|	\|	/	-- Alkaline hydrothermal vents
								/	\	-- Tiny cavities in iron sulphide rocks
							/	-- Proto-Bacteria (3700 M BC)
						/	-- Glycobacteria (Traditional Model)
					/	-- Gracilicutes (Traditional Model)
					/		/ OR: Subkingdom Hydrobacteria (Terra-Hydro Model) +									====> [ 45]
				/	-- Clade of Proteobacteria & Planctobacteria
			/	-- Phylum Proteobacteria (purple bacteria & kin)
		/	-- Class Alphaproteobacteria
	/	-- Subclass Rickettsidae
/	-- Order Rickettsiales
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- Family Rickettsiaceae

``Grandchild:'' Orientia tsutsugamushi