Bartonella tribocorum sp. nov., a new Bartonella species isolated from the blood of wild rats

1 October 1998

journal article
Published by Microbiology Society in International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Vol. 48 (4) , 1333-1339
https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-48-4-1333

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 hybrization 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 Bartoella tribocorum sp. nov. is IBS 506T(CIP 105476T).

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