title: Novel Waddlia Intracellular Bacterium in Artibeus intermedius Fruit Bats, Mexico.
abstract: An intracellular bacterium was isolated from fruit bats (Artibeus intermedius) in Cocoyoc, Mexico. The bacterium caused severe lesions in the lungs and spleens of bats and intracytoplasmic vacuoles in cell cultures. Sequence analyses showed it is related to Waddlia spp. (order Chlamydiales). We propose to call this bacterium Waddlia cocoyoc.
authors.forename: Sebastián Aguilar
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Pierlé
authors.forename: Cirani Obregón
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: Leonardo Perea
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Nidia Aréchiga
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Ceballos
authors.forename: Juan José Pérez
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Rivero
authors.forename: Osvaldo López
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Díaz
authors.forename: Kelly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Brayton
authors.forename: Alvaro Aguilar
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Setién
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D002695:Chlamydiales / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D008800:Mexico; D010802:Phylogeny
keywords: Artibeus intermedius; Chlamydia-like organisms; Chlamydiales; Mexico; Waddlia cocoyoc; bacteria; frugivorous; fruit bat