title: Bartonella tribocorum sp. nov., a new Bartonella species isolated from the blood of wild rats.
abstract: Two Bartonella strains from blood of two wild rats (Rattus norvegicus) living in a rural environment were isolated. These strains were distinct from all previously known Bartonella species based on phenotypic and genotypic characteristics. This new species is distinguished by its trypsin-like activity, the absence of the ability to hydrolyse proline and tributyrin, its 16S rRNA and citrate synthase gene sequences and by whole-DNA hybridization data. This new species, for which the name Bartonella tribocorum sp. nov. is proposed, seems to be genetically related to Bartonella elizabethae, an agent isolated in a case of human endocarditis. The type strain of Bartonella tribocorum sp. nov. is IBS 506T (CIP 105476T).
authors.affiliation: Institut de Bactériologie de la Faculté de Médecine, Université Louis-Pasteur, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, France. yves.piemont@medecine.u-strasbg.fr
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Heller
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Riegel
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hansmann
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Delacour
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bermond
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dehio
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lamarque
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Monteil
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chomel
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Piémont
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D001473:Bartonella / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D001482:Base Composition; D002950:Citrate (si)-Synthase / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010641:Phenotype; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D002950:Citrate (si)-Synthase