Exemplar DOI
10.1601/ex.2306
Strain Identifiers
257 (=FSC 257 =GIEM 503 =GIEM 503/840)
257
FSC 257
GIEM 503
GIEM 503/840
Taxonomic Placement
Type Status
This is the type strain for (ex Olsufjev et al. 1959) Olsufjev and Meshcheryakova 1983.
Citation
When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.
Exemplar Abstract for 257 (=FSC 257 =GIEM 503 =GIEM 503/840). Retrieved . https://doi.org/10.1601/ex.2306.
Source File
Strain GIEM 503 is the attenuated live vaccine strain. Isolated from a tick in the Moscow area of Russia in 1949.
This information was last reviewed on May 7, 2018.

References

  1. Olsufjev NG, Meshcheryakova IS. Subspecific taxonomy of Francisella tularensis McCoy and Chapin 1912. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:872-874. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-33-4-872.
  2. Svensson K, Larsson P, Johansson D, Byström M, Forsman M, Johansson A. Evolution of subspecies of Francisella tularensis. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:3903-8. https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.187.11.3903-3908.2005 [PubMed].