Francisella tularensis metabolism and its relation to virulence

Francisella tularensis is a Gram-negative bacterium capable of causing the zoonotic disease tularaemia in a large number of mammalian species and in arthropods. F. tularensis is a facultative intracellular bacterium that infects and replicates in vivo mainly inside macrophages. During its systemic d...

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Main Authors: Karin Lederballe Meibom, Alain eCharbit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2010.00140/full