loading...| Preferred Name |
Francisella tularensis |
| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C86397 |
| ALT_DEFINITION |
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Francisella tularensis. |
| code |
C86397 |
| Concept_In_Subset |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830 |
| Contributing_Source |
CDISC |
| DEFINITION |
A species of aerobic, Gram negative, coccobacilli shaped bacterium in the phylum Proteobacteria. It has two main serotypes, Jellison Type A and Jellison Type B. This species is hemolytic, oxidase negative, catalase positive and nonfermentative. F. tularensis is pathogenic, being a causative agent of Tularemia which is mainly contracted when handling infected rabbits. This bacterium has been classified as a Category A critical biological agent due to its ease of dissemination by aerosol, causing high mortality with the potential for a major public health impact. |
| FULL_SYN |
Pasteurella tularensis |
| label |
Francisella tularensis |
| NCBI_Taxon_ID |
263 |
| Preferred_Name |
Francisella tularensis |
| prefixIRI |
C86397 |
| prefLabel |
Francisella tularensis |
| Semantic_Type |
Bacterium |
| UMLS_CUI |
C0016677 |
| subClassOf |