FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Francisella tularensis mean? 

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

1. the type species of the genus Francisella and the causal agent of tularemia in humans; can be used as a bioweapon

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bacteria species (a species of bacteria)

Holonyms ("Francisella tularensis" is a member of...):

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

 Context examples 

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

(Francisella tularensis, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

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)