Article
Bartonella tribocorum sp. nov., a new Bartonella species isolated from the blood of wild rats.
International journal of systematic bacteriology - 1 Oct 1998
Heller R, Riegel P, Hansmann Y, Delacour G, Bermond D, Dehio C, Lamarque F, Monteil H, Chomel B, Piémont Y
Abstract excerpt
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 act...
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Wild
- Bacteremia
- Bartonella
- Bartonella Infections
- Base Composition
- Citrate (si)-Synthase
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genes, rRNA
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Phenotype
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
- Rats
- Rodent Diseases
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Terminology as Topic