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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Francisella'' species}} |
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***[[Francisella persica]] (previously ''Wolbachia persica'') |
***[[Francisella persica]] (previously ''Wolbachia persica'') |
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+ | === Identification === |
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+ | ! rowspan="2" |Test |
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+ | ! colspan="3" |[[Francisella tularensis|F. tularensis]] |
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+ | ! rowspan="2" |[[Francisella philomiragia|F. philomiragia]] |
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+ | ! rowspan="2" |[[Francisella hispaniensis|F. hispaniensis]] |
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+ | |- |
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+ | !''tularensis'' |
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+ | !''holarctica'' |
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+ | !''novicida'' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Cysteine growth requirement |
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+ | | + |
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+ | | + |
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+ | |– |
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+ | |– |
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+ | |– |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Growth in broth with 6% NaCl |
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+ | |– |
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+ | |– |
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+ | | +/– |
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+ | | + |
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+ | |NA |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Motility |
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+ | |– |
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+ | |– |
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+ | |– |
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+ | |– |
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+ | |NA |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Oxidase |
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+ | |– |
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+ | |– |
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+ | |– |
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+ | | + |
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+ | | + |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Nitrate reduction |
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+ | |– |
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+ | |– |
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+ | |– |
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+ | |– |
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+ | |NA |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Acid from glucose |
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+ | | +/– |
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+ | | +/– |
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+ | | +/– |
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+ | | +/– |
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+ | | + |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Acid from glycerol |
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+ | | + |
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+ | |– |
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+ | | + |
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+ | | + |
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+ | | + |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Gelatin hydrolysis |
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+ | |– |
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+ | |– |
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+ | |– |
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+ | | +/– |
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+ | |NA |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Virulence in humans |
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+ | |high |
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+ | |intermediate |
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+ | |low |
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+ | |low |
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+ | |low |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Virulence in rabbits |
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+ | |high |
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+ | |low |
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+ | |low |
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+ | |NA |
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+ | |NA |
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+ | |} |
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[[Category:Gram-negative bacilli]] |
[[Category:Gram-negative bacilli]] |
Revision as of 04:04, 3 September 2020
Background
Microbiology
- A genus of Gram-negative bacilli
- 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)
Identification
Test | F. tularensis | F. philomiragia | F. hispaniensis | ||
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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 |