%0 Journal Article %A HELLER, RÉMY %A RIEGEL, PHILIPPE %A HANSMANN, YVES %A DELACOUR, GILLES %A BERMOND, DELPHINE %A DEHIO, CHRISTOPH %A LAMARQUE, FRANÇOIS %A MONTEIL, HENRI %A CHOMEL, BRUNO %A PIÉMONT, YVES %T Bartonella tribocorum sp. nov., a new Bartonella species isolated from the blood of wild rats %D 1998 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 48 %N 4 %P 1333-1339 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-48-4-1333 %K rat %K zoonoses %K Bartonella tribocorum sp. nov %I Microbiology Society, %X 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 hybridization 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 Bartonella tribocorum sp. nov. is IBS 506T (CIP 105476T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-48-4-1333