Candidatus Bartonella mayotimonensis and Endocarditis

Abstract

We describe a new Bartonella species for which we propose the name Candidatus Bartonella mayotimonensis. It was isolated from native aortic valve tissue of a person with infective endocarditis. The new species was identified by using PCR amplification and sequencing of 5 genes (16S rRNA gene, ftsZ, rpoB, gltA, and internal transcribed spacer region).

Keywords

• Endocarditis
• Bartonella
• Candidatus Bartonella mayotimonensis
• aortic valve
• bacteria
• dispatch