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<big><center>[[Infectious agents and parasites|'''BACK TO INFECTIOUS AGENTS AND PARASITES''']]</center></big>
<big><center>[[Infectious agents and parasites|'''BACK TO INFECTIOUS AGENTS AND PARASITES''']]</center></big>
<big><center>[[Bacteria|'''BACK TO BACTERIA''']]</center></big>
<big><center>[[Bacteria|'''BACK TO BACTERIA''']]</center></big>
===Overview===
*Causes tularaemia in animals and humans
*Wildlife reservoir of infection
*Survives in the soil for up to 4 months
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===Characteristics===
*Gram negative rod with coccobacillary appearance
*Non-moltile, obligate aerobe
*Oxidase negative, weakly catalase positive
*Fastidious, requiring cysteine for growth on blood agar
*No growth on MacConkey
*Facultative intracellular pathogen