Francisella tularensis is a Gram-negative bacteria that causes the disease tularemia. The genus also includes the strains Francisella novicida and Francisella holarctica, both of which are important research organisms. The biology, genomes and virulence capabilities of these organism are under active investigation in research institutions throughout the world.

Our goal for the francisella.org website is to foster communication and collaboration among the Francisella tularensis research community. Please visit the following sections of the website for more details about the tools currently available and those to be available in the near future.

News

04/17/2008 F. novicida transposon mutant orders are now being handled by BEI Resources.

03/25/2008 New features have been added to the PSAT synteny analysis tool including a printer friendly version of the genomic neighborhood graphic, a text output of homologs in a region in spreadsheet format, and an option for displaying multiple alignments for a gene against a single comparison genome.

02/07/2008 Proteomics experimental data for F. novicida are now integrated into our genome browser.

02/05/2008 Updated genome annotations can now be submitted using the Panda tool. Your participation is encouraged. Please see the Panda page for more information.

02/04/2008 F. holarctica FTA is now available from Genbank (NC_009749) and has been added to our genome browser