Tularemia as a waterborne disease: a review

A Hennebique, S Boisset, M Maurin - Emerging microbes & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Francisella tularensis is a Gram-negative, intracellular bacterium causing the zoonosis
tularemia. This highly infectious microorganism is considered a potential biological threat …

Tularemia in Germany—a re-emerging zoonosis

M Faber, K Heuner, D Jacob, R Grunow - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Tularemia, also known as “rabbit fever,” is a zoonosis caused by the facultative intracellular,
gram-negative bacterium Francisella tularensis. Infection occurs through contact with …

Reorganized Genomic Taxonomy of Francisellaceae Enables Design of Robust Environmental PCR Assays for Detection of Francisella tularensis

C Öhrman, JW Sahl, A Sjödin, I Uneklint, R Ballard… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent years, an increasing diversity of species has been recognized within the family
Francisellaceae. Unfortunately, novel isolates are sometimes misnamed in initial …

Host–bacteria interactions: ecological and evolutionary insights from ancient, professional endosymbionts

Z Bontemps, K Paranjape, L Guy - FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Interactions between eukaryotic hosts and their bacterial symbionts drive key ecological and
evolutionary processes, from regulating ecosystems to the evolution of complex molecular …

Whole-genome relationships among Francisella bacteria of diverse origins define new species and provide specific regions for detection

JF Challacombe, JM Petersen… - Applied and …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Francisella tularensis is a highly virulent zoonotic pathogen that causes tularemia and,
because of weaponization efforts in past world wars, is considered a tier 1 biothreat agent …

Francisella tularensis Subspecies holarctica and Tularemia in Germany

S Appelt, M Faber, K Köppen, D Jacob, R Grunow… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by Francisella tularensis a small, pleomorphic,
facultative intracellular bacterium. In Europe, infections in animals and humans are caused …

Judicial Opinions 112–122

DR Arahal, HJ Busse, CT Bull… - … of systematic and …, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
Opinion 112 denies the request to place Seliberia Aristovskaya and Parinkina 1963
(Approved Lists 1980) on the list of rejected names because the information provided is …

Reclassification of Francisella noatunensis subsp. orientalis Ottem et al. 2009 as Francisella orientalis sp. nov., Francisella noatunensis subsp. chilensis subsp. nov. and …

JG Ramirez-Paredes, P Larsson… - … of Systematic and …, 2020 - microbiologyresearch.org
Francisella noatunensis is a fastidious facultative intracellular bacterial pathogen that
causes 'piscine francisellosis', a serious disease affecting both marine and fresh water …

Exploring the Diversity Within the Genus Francisella – An Integrated Pan-Genome and Genome-Mining Approach

R Kumar, JE Bröms, A Sjöstedt - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Pan-genome analysis is a powerful method to explore genomic heterogeneity and diversity
of bacterial species. Here we present a pan-genome analysis of the genus Francisella …

A New Species of the γ-Proteobacterium Francisella, F. adeliensis Sp. Nov., Endocytobiont in an Antarctic Marine Ciliate and Potential Evolutionary Forerunner of …

A Vallesi, A Sjödin, D Petrelli, P Luporini, AR Taddei… - Microbial ecology, 2019 - Springer
The study of the draft genome of an Antarctic marine ciliate, Euplotes petzi, revealed foreign
sequences of bacterial origin belonging to the γ-proteobacterium Francisella that includes …