Bartonella tribocorum
Bartonella tribocorum is a proteobacterium.[1] Together with other Bartonella species, it can cause disease in animals.
| Bartonella tribocorum | |
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| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
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| Class: | Alpha Proteobacteria |
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| Species: | B. tribocorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Bartonella tribocorum (Heller et al. 1998) | |
This particular species was first isolated from the blood of wild rats. It 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. its type strain is IBS 506T(CIP 105476T).[1]
References
- Heller, R.; Riegel, P.; Hansmann, Y.; Delacour, G.; Bermond, D.; Dehio, C.; Lamarque, F.; Monteil, H.; Chomel, B.; Piemont, Y. (1998). "Bartonella tribocorum sp. nov., a new Bartonella species isolated from the blood of wild rats". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 48 (4): 1333–1339. doi:10.1099/00207713-48-4-1333. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9828434.
External links
- Bartonella-Associated Infections – CDC
- Information on Bartonella – lymedisease.org
- Bartonella species - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
- UniProt entry
- Type strain of Bartonella tribocorum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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