Tularemia is a zoonosis of humans caused by infection with the facultative intracellular bacterium Francisella tularensis. Interest in F. tularensis has increased ...NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutJournalListHHSAuthorManuscriptsPMC1945232AnnuRevMicrobiol.Authormanuscript;availableinPMC2007Aug13.Publishedinfinaleditedformas:AnnuRevMicrobiol.2006;60:167–185.doi: 10.1146/annurev.micro.60.080805.142126PMCID:PMC1945232NIHMSID:NIHMS16541PMID:16704343Francisellatularensis:Taxonomy,Genetics,andImmunopathogenesisofaPotentialAgentofBiowarfareMollyK.McLendon,1,2MichaelA.Apicella,1,2andLee-AnnH.Allen1,2,3MollyK.McLendon1InflammationProgram,UniversityofIowaandtheVAMedicalCenter,IowaCity,Iowa522422DepartmentofMicrobiology,UniversityofIowaandtheVAMedicalCenter,IowaCity,Iowa52242FindarticlesbyMollyK.McLendonMichaelA.Apicella1InflammationProgram,UniversityofIowaandtheVAMedicalCenter,IowaCity,Iowa522422DepartmentofMicrobiology,UniversityofIowaandtheVAMedicalCenter,IowaCity,Iowa52242FindarticlesbyMichaelA.ApicellaLee-AnnH.Allen1InflammationProgram,UniversityofIowaandtheVAMedicalCenter,IowaCity,Iowa522422DepartmentofMicrobiology,UniversityofIowaandtheVAMedicalCenter,IowaCity,Iowa522423DepartmentofInternalMedicine,UniversityofIowaandtheVAMedicalCenter,IowaCity,Iowa52242;email:ude.awoiu@nodnelcm-yllom,ude.awoiu@allecipa-leahcim,ude.awoiu@nella-nna-eelFindarticlesbyLee-AnnH.AllenAuthorinformationCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimer1InflammationProgram,UniversityofIowaandtheVAMedicalCenter,IowaCity,Iowa522422DepartmentofMicrobiology,UniversityofIowaandtheVAMedicalCenter,IowaCity,Iowa522423DepartmentofInternalMedicine,UniversityofIowaandtheVAMedicalCenter,IowaCity,Iowa52242;email:ude.awoiu@nodnelcm-yllom,ude.awoiu@allecipa-leahcim,ude.awoiu@nella-nna-eelCopyrightnoticeThepublisher'sfinaleditedversionofthisarticleisavailableatAnnuRevMicrobiolSeeotherarticlesinPMCthatcitethepublishedarticle.Tularemiaisazoonosisofhumanscausedb