Francisella tularensis

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Francisella tularensis is a highly infectious, gram-negative bacterium that causes tularemia and is considered a serious potential bioterrorism agent.

All labels observed (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gram-negative bacterium ⓘ
bacterium ⓘ
pathogen ⓘ
zoonotic pathogen ⓘ
biosafetyConcern Category A bioterrorism agent ⓘ
biosafetyLevel BSL-3 ⓘ
capsule encapsulated ⓘ
category select agent ⓘ
cellWallComponent lipopolysaccharide ⓘ
class Gammaproteobacteria ⓘ
clinicalSyndrome glandular tularemia ⓘ
oropharyngeal tularemia ⓘ
pneumonic tularemia ⓘ
ulceroglandular tularemia ⓘ
commonName F. tularensis ⓘ
disease rabbit fever ⓘ
tularemia ⓘ
domain Bacteria ⓘ
family Francisellaceae ⓘ
firstDescribedBy George Walter McCoy NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstDescribedYear 1911 ⓘ
genus Francisella ⓘ
geographicDistribution Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
gramStain Gram-negative ⓘ
growthRequirement cysteine-enriched media ⓘ
hostCellType macrophages ⓘ
infectiousDose very low ⓘ
intracellularLifestyle facultative intracellular ⓘ
mostVirulentSubspecies Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis ⓘ
motility non-motile ⓘ
namedAfter Edward Francis ⓘ
order Thiotrichales ⓘ
oxygenRequirement aerobic ⓘ
phylum Pseudomonadota ⓘ
primaryReservoir lagomorphs ⓘ
rodents ⓘ
publicHealthSignificance serious zoonotic disease agent ⓘ
shape coccobacillus ⓘ
sporeFormation non-spore-forming ⓘ
subspecies Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica ⓘ
Francisella tularensis subsp. mediasiatica ⓘ
Francisella tularensis subsp. novicida ⓘ
Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
transmissionRoute arthropod bite ⓘ
direct contact with infected animals ⓘ
ingestion of contaminated food or water ⓘ
inhalation of aerosols ⓘ
vector deer flies ⓘ
ticks ⓘ
zoonosis yes ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CDC Category A agent → hasExampleAgent → Francisella tularensis ⓘ
Gammaproteobacteria → notableSpeciesExample → Francisella tularensis ⓘ
Proteobacteria → includesSpecies → Francisella tularensis ⓘ
Francisella → typeSpecies → Francisella tularensis ⓘ
Francisella → includesSpecies → Francisella tularensis ⓘ
Francisella → notableSpecies → Francisella tularensis ⓘ
Остров Возрождения → испытанияВключали → Francisella tularensis (возбудитель туляремии) ⓘ
linked to: Francisella tularensis
Francisella tularensis → subspecies → Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis ⓘ
linked to: Francisella tularensis
Francisella tularensis → subspecies → Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica ⓘ
linked to: Francisella tularensis
Francisella tularensis → subspecies → Francisella tularensis subsp. mediasiatica ⓘ
linked to: Francisella tularensis
Francisella tularensis → subspecies → Francisella tularensis subsp. novicida ⓘ
linked to: Francisella tularensis
Francisella tularensis → mostVirulentSubspecies → Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis ⓘ
linked to: Francisella tularensis
Francisella tularensis → commonName → F. tularensis ⓘ
linked to: Francisella tularensis
tularemia → causativeAgent → Francisella tularensis ⓘ
tularemia → associatedWith → Francisella tularensis type A ⓘ
linked to: Francisella tularensis
tularemia → associatedWith → Francisella tularensis type B ⓘ
linked to: Francisella tularensis