FRANCISELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Francisella mean? 

• FRANCISELLA (noun)
  The noun FRANCISELLA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans)

  Familiarity information: FRANCISELLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRANCISELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Francisella; genus Francisella

Hypernyms ("Francisella" is a kind of...):

bacteria; bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)

Meronyms (members of "Francisella"):

Francisella tularensis (the type species of the genus Francisella and the causal agent of tularemia in humans; can be used as a bioweapon)

 Context examples 

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Francisella tularensis.

(Francisella tularensis, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Francisella genus level.

(Francisella, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A taxonomic family of Gram negative, aerobic bacterium in the phylum Proteobacteria that includes the genus Francisella.

(Franciscellaceae, NCI Thesaurus)

Lipids are known to help Francisella tularensis bacteria, the cause of tularemia, to suppress host inflammation when infecting mouse and human cells.

(Natural lipid acts as potent anti-inflammatory, National Institutes of Health)