Objections to the transfer of Francisella novicida to the subspecies rank of Francisella tularensis

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University, SE-901 85 Umeå, Sweden.
• ² Tularemia Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Intracellular Parasites, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA.
• ³ National Research Council Canada, Institute for Biological Sciences, Ottawa, ON K1C 2M7, Canada.
• ⁴ Laboratory of Mycobacterial Diseases and Cellular Immunology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD 20852, USA.
• ⁵ Division of CBRN Defense and Security, Swedish Defense Research Agency, SE-901 82 Umeå, Sweden.
• ⁶ Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5640, USA.
• ⁷ Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-5065, USA.
• ⁸ Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 3P6, Canada.
• ⁹ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Bacterial Diseases Branch, 1300 Rampart Road, CSU Foothills Campus, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA.