| common ancestry and novel genetic traits of francisella novicida-like isolates from north america and australia as revealed by comparative genomic analyses. | francisella novicida is a close relative of francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia. the genomes of f. novicida-like clinical isolates 3523 (australian strain) and fx1 (texas strain) were sequenced and compared to f. novicida strain u112 and f. tularensis strain schu s4. the strain 3523 chromosome is 1,945,310 bp and contains 1,854 protein-coding genes. the strain fx1 chromosome is 1,913,619 bp and contains 1,819 protein-coding genes. nucmer analyses revealed that the genomes of ... | 2011 | 21666011 |