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==Background==
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Francisella'' species}}


===Microbiology===
* A genus of [[Stain::Gram-negative]] [[Cellular shape::bacillus|bacilli]]
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Francisella''}}
* Includes a number of important species
** Human pathogens
*** [[Francisella tularensis]]
*** [[Francisella philomiragia]]
*** [[Francisella hispaniensis]]
** Fish pathogens
*** [[Francisella noatunensis]] subsp. ''orientalis''
*** [[Francisella halioticida]]
** Environmental species
*** [[Francisella guangzhouensis]]


*A genus of [[Stain::Gram-negative]] [[Shape::coccobacillus|coccobacilli]]
*Includes a number of important species
**Human pathogens
***[[Francisella tularensis]]
***[[Francisella philomiragia]]
***[[Francisella hispaniensis]]
**Fish pathogens
***[[Francisella noatunensis]] subsp. ''orientalis''
***[[Francisella halioticida]]
**Environmental species
***[[Francisella guangzhouensis]]
**Tick endosymbiont
***[[Francisella persica]] (previously ''Wolbachia persica'')
***[[Dermacentor andersoni]] symbiont
***Symbiont B of the soft tick [[Ornithodoros moubata]]

===Identification===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="2" |Test
! colspan="3" |[[Francisella tularensis|F. tularensis]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Francisella philomiragia|F. philomiragia]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Francisella hispaniensis|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
|}
[[Category:Gram-negative bacilli]]
[[Category:Gram-negative bacilli]]

Latest revision as of 06:37, 20 February 2022

Background

Microbiology

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