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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2010-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2010.00140/full |