| Species/Subspecies: | Bartonella elizabethae | ||||||||
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| Categories: | Zoonotic; causes hemolysis | ||||||||
| Etymology: | Genus name: named after the Peruvian scientist Alberto L. Barton (1870-1950), who described this species in 1909. Species epithet: named after St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Brighton, Massachusetts, USA, where the organism was first isolerated. | ||||||||
| Significance: | [Of minor importance] | ||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Alphaproteobacteria Order Hyphomicrobiales Family Bartonellaceae Genus Bartonella |
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| Macromorphology (smell): | Heterogenic colonies, small regular to irregular larger forms. Some strains give hemolysis on blood agar. | ||||||||
| Micromorphology: | Small (0.5-0.6 x 1.0 µm), nonmotile, slightly bent rods. | ||||||||
| Gram +/Gram -: | G- (weakly stained) | ||||||||
| Metabolism: | Aerobic | ||||||||
| Catalase/Oxidase: | -/- | ||||||||
| Other Enzymes: | Tryptophanase -, urease - | ||||||||
| Biochemical Tests: | Voges-Proskauer - | ||||||||
| Fermentation of carbohydrates: | Bartonella spp. do not produce acid by fermentation of carbohydrates. | ||||||||
| Spec. Char.: | Optimal temperature: 35-37°C. Very fastidious in culture. | ||||||||
| Reservoir: | Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) | ||||||||
| Disease: | Human endocarditis |
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| Hosts: | Human | ||||||||
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More than 30 species have been described within genus Bartonella, which is relatively closely related to genus Brucella. | ||||||||
| Comment: | Zoonotisk | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2023-03-22 |