Bartonella tribocorum sp. nov., a new Bartonella species isolated from the blood of wild rats HELLER, RÉMY and RIEGEL, PHILIPPE and HANSMANN, YVES and DELACOUR, GILLES and BERMOND, DELPHINE and DEHIO, CHRISTOPH and LAMARQUE, FRANÇOIS and MONTEIL, HENRI and CHOMEL, BRUNO and PIÉMONT, YVES,, 48, 1333-1339 (1998), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-48-4-1333, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= 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)., language=, type=