Bartonella tribocorum sp. nov., a new Bartonella species isolated from the blood of wild rats.
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).
Heller
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Institut de Bactériologie de la Faculté de Médecine, Université Louis-Pasteur, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, France. yves.piemont@medecine.u-strasbg.fr
Riegel
P
P
Hansmann
Y
Y
Delacour
G
G
Bermond
D
D
Dehio
C
C
Lamarque
F
F
Monteil
H
H
Chomel
B
B
Piémont
Y
Y
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
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D002950:Citrate (si)-Synthase