PROTEOBACTERIA >> Gamma >> Francisella >> Francisella hispaniensis
FRANCISELLA HISPANIENSIS
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Francisella |
| Species: | Francisella hispaniensis |
| Description: | Cells are pleomorphic or coccoid rods (approx. 0.5 x 1.5μm). Gram-negative, oxidase-positive and showing weak catalase activity. Good growth occurs on HCA and Columbia blood agar at 20–42°C with an optimum at 37°C. Forms distinct, mucoid, pale-white to grey colonies within 24 h with a diameter of approx. 1–2 mm on HCA. |
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| Source: | The type strain was isolated in Spain in 2003 from blood of a patient suffering severe septicaemia secondary to acute obstructive pyelonephritis (Escudero et al., 2010). |
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| Genbank: | NZ_CP018093.1 [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
| Size (Mb): | 1.92 |
| GC %: | 32.2 |
| Genes: | 1,902 |
| CDS Number: | 1,850 |
| Reference: | HUBER (B.), ESCUDERO (R.), BUSSE (H.J.), SEIBOLD (E.), SCHOLZ (H.C.), ANDA (P.), KÄMPFER (P.) and SPLETTSTOESSER (W.D.): Description of Francisella hispaniensis sp. nov., isolated from human blood, reclassification of Francisella novicida (Larson et al. 1955) Olsufiev et al. 1959 as Francisella tularensis subsp. novicida comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Francisella. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1887-1896. |
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