General

@ref: 42549

BacDive-ID: 139941

DSM-Number: 101678

keywords: genome sequence, Bacteria, mesophilic

description: Francisella persica DSM 101678 is a mesophilic bacterium that was isolated from Malpighian tubules of ticks arboreus) removed from buff-backed heron Bubulcus ibis.

NCBI tax id

strain history

• @ref: 42549
• history: <- E. Weiss, Naval Medical Research Institute Bethesda, USA; FSC845; original depositor material obtained from ATCC

doi: 10.13145/bacdive139941.20230509.8.1

Name and taxonomic classification

LPSN

• @ref: 20215
• description: domain/bacteria
• keyword: phylum/pseudomonadota
• domain: Bacteria
• phylum: Pseudomonadota
• class: Gammaproteobacteria
• order: Beggiatoales
• family: Francisellaceae
• genus: Francisella
• species: Francisella persica
• full scientific name: Francisella persica (Suitor and Weiss 1961) Larson et al. 2016

• synonyms

  • @ref: 20215
  • synonym: Wolbachia persica

@ref: 42549

domain: Bacteria

phylum: Proteobacteria

class: Gammaproteobacteria

order: Thiotrichales

family: Francisellaceae

genus: Francisella

species: Francisella persica

full scientific name: Francisella persica (Suitor and Weiss 1961) Larson et al. 2016

type strain: yes

Morphology

cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

culture medium

• @ref: 42549
• name: FRANCISELLA PERSICA MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 1600)
• growth: yes
• link: https://mediadive.dsmz.de/medium/1600
• composition: Name: FRANCISELLA PERSICA MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 1600) Composition: D-Glucose 6.25419 g/l L-Glutamic acid 1.39665 g/l L-Proline 0.837989 g/l alpha-ketoglutaric acid 0.835196 g/l DL-aspartic acid 0.835196 g/l L-Glutamine 0.29228 g/l Glutathione 0.27933 g/l Ascorbic acid 0.27933 g/l Para-aminobenzoic acid 0.027933 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.0139665 g/l Vitamin B12 0.0139665 g/l D-Biotin 0.0027933 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.000558659 g/l MnSO4 x 1 H2O 0.000446927 g/l Na2SeO3 5.58659e-05 g/l Na2 MoO4 x 2 H2O 5.58659e-05 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 5.58659e-05 g/l CuSO4 x 5 H2O 5.58659e-05 g/l Demineralized water Tryptose-phosphate FBS cholesterol lipid concentrate L-15 powder

culture temp

• @ref: 42549
• growth: positive
• type: growth
• temperature: 34
• range: mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

spore formation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

isolation

• @ref: 42549
• sample type: Malpighian tubules of ticks (Argas (Persicargas) arboreus) removed from buff-backed heron Bubulcus ibis
• host species: Argas (Persicargas) arboreus;Bubulcus ibis
• geographic location: Nile Barrage Park near Cairo
• country: Egypt
• origin.country: EGY
• continent: Africa

isolation source categories

Safety information

risk assessment

• @ref: 42549
• biosafety level: 1
• biosafety level comment: Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome sequences

GC content

• @ref: 42549
• GC-content: 31.39
• method: sequence analysis

Genome-based predictions

predictions

External links

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culture collection no.: DSM 101678, ATCC VR-331, FSC 845

straininfo link

• @ref: 96371
• straininfo: 396753

literature

• topic: Phylogeny
• Pubmed-ID: 26747442
• title: Reclassification of Wolbachia persica as Francisella persica comb. nov. and emended description of the family Francisellaceae.
• authors: Larson MA, Nalbantoglu U, Sayood K, Zentz EB, Cer RZ, Iwen PC, Francesconi SC, Bishop-Lilly KA, Mokashi VP, Sjostedt A, Hinrichs SH
• journal: Int J Syst Evol Microbiol
• DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.000855
• year: 2016
• mesh: Bacterial Typing Techniques, Base Composition, DNA, Bacterial/genetics, Francisella/*classification, *Phylogeny, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Wolbachia/classification
• topic2: Transcriptome

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