Bartonella massiliensis sp. nov., a new bacterial species isolated from an Ornithodoros sonrai tick from Senegal

H. Medkour; C.I. Lo; H. Anani; F. Fenollar; O. Mediannikov

New Microbes and New Infections (Nov 2019)

Bartonella massiliensis sp. nov., a new bacterial species isolated from an Ornithodoros sonrai tick from Senegal

H. Medkour,
C.I. Lo,
H. Anani,
F. Fenollar,
O. Mediannikov

Affiliations

H. Medkour: Aix-Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, Marseille, France; IHU–Méditerranée InfectionMarseille, France
C.I. Lo: IHU–Méditerranée InfectionMarseille, France; Aix-Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, Marseille, France
H. Anani: IHU–Méditerranée InfectionMarseille, France; Aix-Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, Marseille, France
F. Fenollar: IHU–Méditerranée InfectionMarseille, France; Aix-Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, Marseille, France
O. Mediannikov: Aix-Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, Marseille, France; IHU–Méditerranée InfectionMarseille, France; Corresponding author: O. Mediannikov, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385, Marseille Cedex 05, France.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 32

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Bartonella massiliensis sp. nov., strain OS09T (= CSURB624T = DSM 23169), is the type strain of Bartonella massiliensis sp. nov., a new species within the genus Bartonella. It was isolated from a soft tick, Ornithodoros sonrai, vector of recurrent fever collected from Senegalese domestic rodent burrows. This strain is an aerobic, rod-shaped and Gram-negative bacterium. On the basis of taxonogenomic approach, we propose the creation of Bartonella massiliensis sp. nov. Keywords: Bartonella massiliensissp. nov., genome, Ornithodoros sonrai, senegal, soft tick

Published in New Microbes and New Infections

ISSN: 2052-2975 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
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