Bartonella bovis

Bartonella bovis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Bartonellaceae
Genus: Bartonella
Species:
B. bovis
Binomial name
Bartonella bovis
Bermond et al. 2002
Synonyms[2]
  • "Bartonella weissii" Regnery et al. 2000[1]

Bartonella bovis is a pathogenic bacteria first isolated from European ruminants. It is small, fastidious, aerobic, oxidase-negative, gram-negative and rod-shaped. Its type strain is 91-4T (= CIP 106692T = CCUG 43828T).[2]

  1. ^ Regnery R, Marano N, Jameson P, Marston E, Jones D, Handley S, Goldsmith C, Greene C (April 2000). A fourth Bartonella species, Bartonella weissii, species nova, isolated from domestic cats. 15th Meeting of the American Society for Rickettsiology. Captiva Island, Florida. Abstract 4.
  2. ^ a b Bermond D, Boulouis HJ, Heller R, Van Laere G, Monteil H, Chomel BB, et al. (2002). "Bartonella bovis sp. nov. and Bartonella capreoli sp. nov., isolated from European ruminants". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 52 (Pt 2): 383–90. doi:10.1099/00207713-52-2-383. PMID 11931146.