TABLE 2.
Strains and organisms included in this study
| Species (no. of strains) or organism and origin | Strain or isolate | GenBank or ATCC accession no. | Reactivity with probea:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P-TUL | P-FRAG | P-ENDO2 | P-FnSp1 | |||
| Francisella-like endosymbiont | ||||||
| Synthetic DNA | GenBank no. AY375420 | − | + | + | − | |
| F. tularensis subsp. holarctica | ||||||
| Live vaccine strain, Russia | LVS | ATCC 29684 | + | + | − | − |
| Human and hare, outbreak, 1997, Spain (2) | FT7 and FT13 | + | + | − | − | |
| Human, outbreak, 2007, Spain (3) | BZO20, -21, and -22 | + | + | − | − | |
| Tick, 1949, Moscow area, Russia | FSC 257 | GenBank no. EF208975 | + | + | − | − |
| Tick, 1941, Montana | FSC 012 | GenBank no. EF208972 | + | + | − | − |
| Human, Sweden | FSC200 | GenBank no. EF208977 | + | + | − | − |
| F. tularensis subsp. tularensis | ||||||
| Human ulcer, 1941, Ohio | B-38 | ATCC 6223 | + | + | − | − |
| F. tularensis subsp. novicida | ||||||
| Water, 1950, Utah | Utah 112 | ATCC 15482 | + | + | − | − |
| Human blood, 1991, Texas | Fx1 | GenBank no. EF208976 | + | + | − | − |
| Human blood, 1991, Texas | Fx2 | GenBank no. EF208978 | − | + | − | − |
| Unusual F. tularensis, Spain | FnSp1 | GenBank no. EU363482 | − | + | − | + |
| F. tularensis subsp. novicida-like | ||||||
| Synthetic DNA | 3523 | GenBank no. AY243029 | − | + | − | + |
| F. philomiragia | ||||||
| Human, Sweden | CCUG 12603 | − | − | − | − | |
| Water, U.S. | CCUG 19701 | − | − | − | − | |
| Anaplasma phagocytophilum | 108 | − | − | − | − | |
| Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto | B31 | − | − | − | − | |
| Coxiella burnetii | Nine Mile | − | − | − | − | |
| Legionella pneumophila | S5/S | − | − | − | − | |
| Rickettsia conorii | VR-613 | − | − | − | − | |
| Orientia tsutsugamushi | Kato | − | − | − | − | |
| Mycoplasma pneumoniaeb | − | − | − | − | ||
| Chlamydia pneumoniaeb | − | − | − | − | ||
| Ixodes ricinus | − | − | − | − | ||
| Rhipicephalus sanguineus | − | − | − | − | ||
| C3H mouse | − | − | − | − | ||
| Human | − | − | − | − | ||
a
As shown in Fig. 2. +, positive; −, negative.
b
DNA was extracted from scraped slides for indirect immunofluorescence (Vircell, S.L., Granada, Spain).