Bartonella

Bartonella is a genus of bacteria. It is the only one in the family Bartonellaceae. The species can be parasitic and cause diseases in animals and humans.[2] They live mostly in the cells of the host, as intracellular parasites.

Bartonella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rhizobiales
Family: Bartonellaceae
Gieszczykiewicz 1939
Genus: Bartonella
Strong et al. 1915
Species[1]
  • B. acomydis
  • B. alsatica
  • B. ancashensis
  • B. apis
  • B. australis
  • B. bacilliformis
  • B. birtlesii
  • B. bovis (syn.B. weissii)
  • B. callosciuri
  • B. capreoli
  • B. chomelii
  • B. clarridgeiae
  • B. coopersplainsensis
  • B. doshiae
  • B. elizabethae
  • B. florencae
  • B. fuyuanensis
  • B. grahamii
  • B. heixiaziensis
  • B. henselae
  • B. jaculi
  • B. japonica
  • B. koehlerae
  • B. naantaliensis
  • B. pachyuromydis
  • B. peromysci
  • B. phoceensis
  • B. queenslandensis
  • B. quintana
  • B. rattaustraliani
  • B. rattimassiliensis
  • B. rochalimae
  • B. schoenbuchensis
  • B. senegalensis
  • B. silvatica
  • B. silvicola
  • B. talpae
  • B. tamiae
  • B. taylorii
  • B. tribocorum
  • B. vinsonii
    • spp. arupensis
    • spp. berkhoffii
    • spp. vinsonii
    • spp. yucatanensis
  • B. washoensis
  • Candidatus B. antechini
  • Candidatus B. bandicootii
  • Candidatus B. breitschwerdtii
  • Candidatus B. durdenii
  • Candidatus B. eldjazairii
  • Candidatus B. mayotimonensis
  • Candidatus B. melophagi
  • Candidatus B. merieuxii
  • Candidatus B. monaxi
  • Candidatus B. rudakovii
  • Candidatus B. thailandensis
  • Candidatus B. volans
  • Candidatus B. woyliei
Synonyms[1]
  • Bartonia Strong et al. 1913
  • Grahamella (ex Brumpt 1911) Ristic and Kreier 1984
  • Rochalimaea (Macchiavello 1947) Krieg 1961

Bartonella species are pathogens.[3] Bartonella species are transmitted by vectors such as ticks, fleas, sand flies, and mosquitoes. At least eight Bartonella species or subspecies are known to infect humans.[4]

Bartonella is named after Alberto Leonardo Barton (1870–1950), a medical microbiologist.

References
  1. "List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature". Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  2. George M. Garrity, Don J. Brenner, Noel R. Krieg, James T. Staley: Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. Vol. 2: The Proteobacteria Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteabacteria. Springer, New York 2005, ISBN 978-0-387-24145-6
  3. Walker DH (1996). Rickettsiae. In: Barron's Medical Microbiology (Barron S et al., eds.) (4th ed.). Univ of Texas Medical Branch. ISBN 0-9631172-1-1.
  4. Chomel BB, Boulouis HJ (2005). "Zoonoses dues aux bactéries du genre Bartonella: nouveaux réservoirs? nouveaux vecteurs?" [Zoonotic diseases caused by bacteria of the genus Bartonella: new reservoirs? new vectors?] (PDF). Bull. Acad. Natl. Med. (in French). 189 (3): 465–77, discussion 477–80. PMID 16149211.
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