Francisella and Antibodies [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2021 Immune responses to intracellular pathogens depend largely upon the activation of T helper type 1-dependent mechanisms. The contribution of B cells to establishing protective immunity has long been underestimated.
Klara Kubelkova, Ales Macela
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Comparative Transcriptional Analyses of Francisella tularensis and Francisella novicida. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Francisella tularensis is composed of a number of subspecies with varied geographic distribution, host ranges, and virulence. In view of these marked differences, comparative functional genomics may elucidate some of the molecular mechanism(s) behind ...
Siva T Sarva +3 more
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Whole genome sequencing of the fish pathogen Francisella noatunensis subsp. orientalis Toba04 gives novel insights into Francisella evolution and pathogenecity [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2012 Background Francisella is a genus of gram-negative bacterium highly virulent in fishes and human where F. tularensis is causing the serious disease tularaemia in human.
Sridhar Settu +4 more
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Francisella tularensis Subspecies holarctica and Tularemia in Germany
Microorganisms, 2020 Tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by Francisella tularensis a small, pleomorphic, facultative intracellular bacterium. In Europe, infections in animals and humans are caused mainly by Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica.
Sandra Appelt +5 more
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Regulation of Francisella tularensis Virulence [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2011 Francisella tularensis is one of the most virulent bacteria known and a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Category A select agent. It is able to infect a variety of animals and insects and can persist in the environment, thus Francisella spp ...
John S Gunn +7 more
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FRANCISELLA - MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF ADAPTATION TO AMOEBA CELLS
, 2023 Cilj istraživanja: Francisella tularensis je gram-negativna, fakultativno unutarstanična bakterija koja se često može pronaći u vodenim ekosustavima. F. novicida, F. philomiragia i F. tularensis subsp.
Knežević, Maša
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Studien zu Genominseln in und zur Virulenz von Francisella [PDF]
, 2019 Die genomische Insel (GI) FhaGI 1 des Stammes Francisella hispaniensis (Fhis) AS02 814 kann sowohl in die tRNAVal integriert als auch als episomale Form vorliegen und kodiert für einen putativen Prophagen. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit konnte durch Verwendung
Tlapák, Hana
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Evidence Suggesting That Francisella tularensis O-Antigen Capsule Contains a Lipid A-Like Molecule That Is Structurally Distinct from the More Abundant Free Lipid A. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Francisella tularensis, the Gram-negative bacterium that causes tularemia, produces a high molecular weight capsule that is immunologically distinct from Francisella lipopolysaccharide but contains the same O-antigen tetrasaccharide.
Jason H Barker +3 more
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Early infection-induced natural antibody response
Scientific Reports, 2021 There remains to this day a great gap in understanding as to the role of B cells and their products—antibodies and cytokines—in mediating the protective response to Francisella tularensis, a Gram-negative coccobacillus belonging to the group of ...
Klara Kubelkova +4 more
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Tularemia as a waterborne disease: a review
Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2019 Francisella tularensis is a Gram-negative, intracellular bacterium causing the zoonosis tularemia. This highly infectious microorganism is considered a potential biological threat agent.
Aurélie Hennebique +2 more
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