Francisella
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Francisella
Background
Microbiology
- A genus of Gram-negative coccobacilli
- Includes a number of important species
- Human pathogens
- Fish pathogens
- Francisella noatunensis subsp. orientalis
- Francisella halioticida
- Environmental species
- Tick endosymbiont
- Francisella persica (previously Wolbachia persica)
- Dermacentor andersoni symbiont
- Symbiont B of the soft tick Ornithodoros moubata
Identification
Test | F. tularensis | F. philomiragia | F. hispaniensis | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
tularensis | holarctica | novicida | |||
Cysteine growth requirement | + | + | – | – | – |
Growth in broth with 6% NaCl | – | – | +/– | + | NA |
Motility | – | – | – | – | NA |
Oxidase | – | – | – | + | + |
Nitrate reduction | – | – | – | – | NA |
Acid from glucose | +/– | +/– | +/– | +/– | + |
Acid from glycerol | + | – | + | + | + |
Gelatin hydrolysis | – | – | – | +/– | NA |
Virulence in humans | high | intermediate | low | low | low |
Virulence in rabbits | high | low | low | NA | NA |