Discrimination of Francisella tularensis subspecies using surface enhanced laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry and multivariate data analysis.

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Francisella tularensis causes the zoonotic disease tularemia, and is considered a potential bioterrorist agent due to its extremely low infection dose and potential for airborne transmission. Presently, F. tularensis is divided into four subspecies; tularensis, holarctica, mediasiatica and novicida. Phenotypic discrimination of the closely related subspecies with traditional methods is difficult and tedious....

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