What is Francisella tularensis?
{{Italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Francisella tularensis'' | image = Francisella_tularensis_01.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''F. tularensis'' colonies on an [[agar plate]]. | regnum = [[Bacterium|Bacteria]] | phylum = [[Proteobacteria]] | classis = [[Gamma Proteobacteria]] | ordo = [[Thiotrichales]] | familia = '''Francisellaceae''' | genus = ''[[Francisella]]'' | species = '''''F. tularensis''''' | binomial = ''Francisella tularensis'' | binomial_authority = (McCoy and Chapin 1912)<br>Dorofe'ev 1947 }} '''''Francisella tularnsis''''' is the [[bacterium]] causing the serious [[Zoonosis|zoonotic]] disease [[tularemia]]. The bacterium is [[gram-negative]], and the causative agent of tularemia or rabbit fever. Due to its ease of spread by [[aerosol]] and its high virulence it is classed as a potential [[bioterrorism]] agent. {{biology-stub}} [[category:Gram-negative bacteria]]