Isolation of Bartonella rattimassiliensis sp. nov. and Bartonella phoceensis sp. nov. from European Rattus norvegicus.
Thirty-three isolates of Bartonella spp., including 11 isolates not belonging to previously known species, were isolated from 66 Rattus norvegicus subjects trapped in the city of Marseille, France. Based on seven different gene sequences, the 11 isolates were assigned to Bartonella rattimassiliensis sp. nov. and Bartonella phoceensis sp. nov.
Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UMR 6020, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France.
Vijay A K B
VA
Gundi
Bernard
B
Davoust
Atieh
A
Khamis
Mickaël
M
Boni
Didier
D
Raoult
Bernard
B
La Scola
D000818:Animals; D001473:Bartonella / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018416:Bartonella henselae / Q000145:classification; D005260:Female; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D051381:Rats / Q000821:virology*