RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 HELLER, RÉMY A1 RIEGEL, PHILIPPE A1 HANSMANN, YVES A1 DELACOUR, GILLES A1 BERMOND, DELPHINE A1 DEHIO, CHRISTOPH A1 LAMARQUE, FRANÇOIS A1 MONTEIL, HENRI A1 CHOMEL, BRUNO A1 PIÉMONT, YVESYR 1998 T1 Bartonella tribocorum sp. nov., a new Bartonella species isolated from the blood of wild rats JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 48 IS 4 SP 1333 OP 1339 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-48-4-1333 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB 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)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-48-4-1333