Bartonella alsatica DSM 21432 is a microaerophile, Gram-negative, rod-shaped human pathogen that forms circular colonies and was isolated from blood of wild rabbit.
Gram-negative rod-shaped colony-forming microaerophile human pathogen genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria| @ref 20215 |
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| Domain Bacteria |
| Phylum Pseudomonadota |
| Class Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order Hyphomicrobiales |
| Family Bartonellaceae |
| Genus Bartonella |
| Species Bartonella alsatica |
| Full scientific name Bartonella alsatica Heller et al. 1999 |
| @ref | Name | Growth | Medium link | Composition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15703 | COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693) | Medium recipe at MediaDive  | Name: COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693) Composition: Defibrinated sheep blood 50.0 g/l Columbia agar base | ||
| 23143 | blood agar | ||||
| 38553 | MEDIUM 45 - for Columbia agar with sheep blood | Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Columbia agar (39.000 g);Sheepblood (100.000 ml) | |||
| 116264 | CIP Medium 45 | Medium recipe at CIP |
| @ref | Chebi-ID | Metabolite | Utilization activity | Kind of utilization tested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23143 | 90343 ChEBI | 4-nitrophenyl N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminide | - | hydrolysis | |
| 68371 | 27613 ChEBI | amygdalin | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 18305 ChEBI | arbutin | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 23143 | 29016 ChEBI | arginine | + | other | |
| 23143 | 3122 ChEBI | bis-4-nitrophenyl phosphate | - | hydrolysis | |
| 68371 | 17057 ChEBI | cellobiose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17108 ChEBI | D-arabinose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 18333 ChEBI | D-arabitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 15824 ChEBI | D-fructose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 28847 ChEBI | D-fucose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 12936 ChEBI | D-galactose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17634 ChEBI | D-glucose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 62318 ChEBI | D-lyxose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 16899 ChEBI | D-mannitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 16024 ChEBI | D-mannose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 16988 ChEBI | D-ribose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17924 ChEBI | D-sorbitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 16443 ChEBI | D-tagatose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 65327 ChEBI | D-xylose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17113 ChEBI | erythritol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 116264 | 4853 ChEBI | esculin | - | hydrolysis | |
| 68371 | 4853 ChEBI | esculin | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 16813 ChEBI | galactitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 28066 ChEBI | gentiobiose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 24265 ChEBI | gluconate | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17754 ChEBI | glycerol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 23143 | 15428 ChEBI | glycine | + | other | |
| 68371 | 28087 ChEBI | glycogen | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 15443 ChEBI | inulin | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 30849 ChEBI | L-arabinose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 18403 ChEBI | L-arabitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 18287 ChEBI | L-fucose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 62345 ChEBI | L-rhamnose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17266 ChEBI | L-sorbose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 65328 ChEBI | L-xylose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17716 ChEBI | lactose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 23143 | 25017 ChEBI | leucine | + | other | |
| 23143 | 25094 ChEBI | lysine | + | other | |
| 68371 | 17306 ChEBI | maltose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 6731 ChEBI | melezitose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 28053 ChEBI | melibiose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 23143 | 16811 ChEBI | methionine | + | other | |
| 68371 | 320061 ChEBI | methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 43943 ChEBI | methyl alpha-D-mannoside | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 74863 ChEBI | methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17268 ChEBI | myo-inositol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 59640 ChEBI | N-acetylglucosamine | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 116264 | 17632 ChEBI | nitrate | - | reduction | |
| 116264 | 16301 ChEBI | nitrite | - | reduction | |
| 68371 | 0 ChEBI | Potassium 2-ketogluconate | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 0 ChEBI | Potassium 5-ketogluconate | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 23143 | 26271 ChEBI | proline | + | other | |
| 68371 | 16634 ChEBI | raffinose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 15963 ChEBI | ribitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17814 ChEBI | salicin | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 28017 ChEBI | starch | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17992 ChEBI | sucrose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 23143 | 27082 ChEBI | trehalose | - | builds acid from | |
| 68371 | 27082 ChEBI | trehalose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 23143 | 27897 ChEBI | tryptophan | + | other | |
| 68371 | 32528 ChEBI | turanose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17151 ChEBI | xylitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| @ref | Value | Activity | Ec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68382 | acid phosphatase | - | 3.1.3.2 | from API zym |
| 116264 | alcohol dehydrogenase | - | 1.1.1.1 | |
| 68382 | alkaline phosphatase | - | 3.1.3.1 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-chymotrypsin | - | 3.4.21.1 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-fucosidase | - | 3.2.1.51 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-galactosidase | - | 3.2.1.22 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-glucosidase | + | 3.2.1.20 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-mannosidase | - | 3.2.1.24 | from API zym |
| 68382 | beta-galactosidase | - | 3.2.1.23 | from API zym |
| 116264 | beta-galactosidase | + | 3.2.1.23 | |
| 68382 | beta-glucosidase | - | 3.2.1.21 | from API zym |
| 68382 | beta-glucuronidase | - | 3.2.1.31 | from API zym |
| 23143 | catalase | - | 1.11.1.6 | |
| 116264 | catalase | - | 1.11.1.6 | |
| 68382 | cystine arylamidase | - | 3.4.11.3 | from API zym |
| 23143 | cytochrome oxidase | - | 1.9.3.1 | |
| 68382 | esterase (C 4) | - | from API zym | |
| 68382 | esterase lipase (C 8) | + | from API zym | |
| 116264 | gamma-glutamyltransferase | + | 2.3.2.2 | |
| 116264 | gelatinase | - | ||
| 68382 | leucine arylamidase | + | 3.4.11.1 | from API zym |
| 68382 | lipase (C 14) | - | from API zym | |
| 116264 | lysine decarboxylase | - | 4.1.1.18 | |
| 68382 | N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase | - | 3.2.1.52 | from API zym |
| 68382 | naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase | + | from API zym | |
| 116264 | ornithine decarboxylase | - | 4.1.1.17 | |
| 116264 | oxidase | - | ||
| 23143 | pyrazinamidase | - | 3.5.1.B15 | |
| 68382 | trypsin | + | 3.4.21.4 | from API zym |
| 116264 | tryptophan deaminase | - | ||
| 23143 | urease | - | 3.5.1.5 | |
| 116264 | urease | - | 3.5.1.5 | |
| 68382 | valine arylamidase | - | from API zym |
| @ref | ControlQ | GLY | ERY | DARA | LARA | RIB | DXYL | LXYL | ADO | MDX | GAL | GLU | FRU | MNE | SBE | RHA | DUL | INO | MAN | SOR | MDM | MDG | NAG | AMY | ARB | ESC | SAL | CEL | MAL | LAC | MEL | SAC | TRE | INU | MLZ | RAF | AMD | GLYG | XLT | GEN | TUR | LYX | TAG | DFUC | LFUC | DARL | LARL | GNT | 2KG | 5KG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116264 | not determinedn.d. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| @ref | Description | Assembly level | INSDC accession | BV-BRC accession | IMG accession | NCBI tax ID | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66792 | ASM1338829v1 assembly for Bartonella alsatica CIP 105477 | complete | GCA_013388295   | 52764.3  | 8053455070  | 52764 | 99.52 | |
| 124043 | Bart_alsa_IBS_382_V1 assembly for Bartonella alsatica IBS 382 | scaffold | GCA_000280015 | 1094551.3 | 2519899789 | 1094551 | 75.73 | |
| 66792 | Bartonella_alsatica_IBS382T_CIP105477 assembly for Bartonella alsatica IBS 382T/CIP 105477 | contig | GCA_902728125 | 52764.4 | 8115390898 | 52764 | 50.28 | |
| @ref | Description | Accession | Length | Database | NCBI tax ID | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15703 | Bartonella alsatica 16S ribosomal RNA gene | AJ002139 | 1440 |  | 52764 |
| Topic | Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genetics | Bartonella Prevalence and Genome Sequences in Rodents in Some Regions of Xinjiang, China. | Xu AL, Chen YF, Mu L, Liu PB, Wang J, Li RX, Li DM. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.01964-22 | 2023 | |
| Enzymology | First isolation of Bartonella alsatica from a valve of a patient with endocarditis. | Raoult D, Roblot F, Rolain JM, Besnier JM, Loulergue J, Bastides F, Choutet P. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.44.1.278-279.2006 | 2006 | |
| Enzymology | Detection of Rickettsia felis, Rickettsia typhi, Bartonella Species and Yersinia pestis in Fleas (Siphonaptera) from Africa. | Leulmi H, Socolovschi C, Laudisoit A, Houemenou G, Davoust B, Bitam I, Raoult D, Parola P. | PLoS Negl Trop Dis | 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003152 | 2014 | |
| Phylogeny | Genetic classification and differentiation of Bartonella species based on comparison of partial ftsZ gene sequences. | Zeaiter Z, Liang Z, Raoult D. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.40.10.3641-3647.2002 | 2002 | |
| Phylogeny | Microarray for serotyping of Bartonella species. | Bonhomme CJ, Nappez C, Raoult D. | BMC Microbiol | 10.1186/1471-2180-7-59 | 2007 | |
| Genetics | Wildlife fleas and ticks in Wisconsin, USA: unrecognized vectors of bacterial pathogens. | Moore CO, Andrews CV, Lemley EM, Goncalves Funnicelli MI, Andre MR, Breitschwerdt EB, Lashnits E. | Int J Parasitol | 10.1016/j.ijpara.2025.08.004 | 2025 | |
| Prevalence and genetic diversity of rodent-associated Bartonella in Hulunbuir border regions, China. | Wen X, Fang Y, Jiang F, Wang Y, Chen Q, Chen Z, Wu Y, Xin Q, Han X, Deng H. | Heliyon | 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e35009 | 2024 | | |
| Bartonella species bacteremia in association with adult psychosis. | Delaney S, Robveille C, Maggi RG, Lashnits E, Kingston E, Liedig C, Murray L, Fallon BA, Breitschwerdt EB. | Front Psychiatry | 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1388442 | 2024 | | |
| Phylogeny | An unexpected case of Bartonella alsatica prosthetic vascular graft infection. | Puges M, Menard A, Berard X, Genevieve M, Pinaquy JB, Edouard S, Pereyre S, Cazanave C. | Infect Drug Resist | 10.2147/idr.s206805 | 2019 | |
| Longitudinal Study of Bacterial Infectious Agents in a Community of Small Mammals in New Mexico. | Goodrich I, McKee C, Kosoy M. | Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis | 10.1089/vbz.2019.2550 | 2020 | | |
| Development of a quadruplex PCR amplicon next generation sequencing assay for detection and differentiation of Bartonella spp. | Bai Y, Osikowicz LM, Hojgaard A, Eisen RJ. | Front Microbiol | 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1243471 | 2023 | | |
| Phylogeny | Genetic Diversity of Bartonella spp. in Wild Mammals and Ectoparasites in Brazilian Pantanal. | de Sousa KCM, do Amaral RB, Herrera HM, Santos FM, Macedo GC, de Andrade Pinto PCE, Barros-Battesti DM, Machado RZ, Andre MR. | Microb Ecol | 10.1007/s00248-017-1138-0 | 2018 | |
| Epidemiology and Genetic Diversity of Bartonella in Rodents in Urban Areas of Guangzhou, Southern China. | Yao XY, Liu H, Sun J, Zhang YQ, Lv ZH, Zhang XL, Shao JW. | Front Microbiol | 10.3389/fmicb.2022.942587 | 2022 | | |
| Pathogenicity | Molecular Survey of Bartonella Species in Stray Cats and Dogs, Humans, and Questing Ticks from Portugal. | Torrejon E, Sanches GS, Moerbeck L, Santos L, Andre MR, Domingos A, Antunes S. | Pathogens | 10.3390/pathogens11070749 | 2022 | |
| Enzymology | Detection of Bartonella alsatica in European wild rabbit and their fleas (Spilopsyllus cuniculi and Xenopsylla cunicularis) in Spain. | Marquez FJ. | Parasit Vectors | 10.1186/s13071-015-0664-1 | 2015 | |
| Bartonella clarridgeiae infection in a patient with aortic root abscess and endocarditis. | Logan JMJ, Hall JL, Chalker VJ, O'Connell B, Birtles RJ. | Access Microbiol | 10.1099/acmi.0.000064 | 2019 | | |
| Characterizing the blood microbiota of omnivorous and frugivorous bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Casanare, eastern Colombia. | Luna N, Munoz M, Castillo-Castaneda A, Hernandez C, Urbano P, Shaban M, Paniz-Mondolfi A, Ramirez JD. | PeerJ | 10.7717/peerj.15169 | 2023 | | |
| Phylogeny | Molecular detection of Bartonella alsatica in European wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Andalusia (Spain). | Marquez FJ. | Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis | 10.1089/vbz.2009.0135 | 2010 | |
| Pathogenicity | Correct Identification of Ochrobactrum anthropi From Blood Culture Using 16rRNA Sequencing: A First Case Report in an Immunocompromised Patient in Mexico. | Aguilera-Arreola MG, Ostria-Hernandez ML, Albarran-Fernandez E, Juarez-Enriquez SR, Majalca-Martinez C, Rico-Verdin B, Ruiz EA, Ruiz-Palma MDS, Morales-Garcia MR, Contreras-Rodriguez A. | Front Med (Lausanne) | 10.3389/fmed.2018.00205 | 2018 | |
| Pathogenicity | Ectoparasite and bacterial population genetics and community structure indicate extent of bat movement across an island chain. | McKee CD, Peel AJ, Hayman DTS, Suu-Ire R, Ntiamoa-Baidu Y, Cunningham AA, Wood JLN, Webb CT, Kosoy MY. | Parasitology | 10.1017/s0031182024000660 | 2024 | |
| Pathogens in fleas collected from cats and dogs: distribution and prevalence in the UK. | Abdullah S, Helps C, Tasker S, Newbury H, Wall R. | Parasit Vectors | 10.1186/s13071-019-3326-x | 2019 | | |
| Enzymology | Detection and identification of Bartonella sp. in fleas from carnivorous mammals in Andalusia, Spain. | Marquez FJ, Millan J, Rodriguez-Liebana JJ, Garcia-Egea I, Muniain MA. | Med Vet Entomol | 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2009.00830.x | 2009 | |
| Bartonella Endocarditis in Spain: Case Reports of 21 Cases. | Garcia-Alvarez L, Garcia-Garcia C, Munoz P, Farinas-Alvarez MDC, Cuadra MG, Fernandez-Hidalgo N, Garcia-Vazquez E, Moral-Escudero E, Alonso-Socas MDM, Garcia-Rosado D, Hidalgo-Tenorio C, Dominguez F, Goikoetxea-Agirre J, Gainzarain JC, Rodriguez-Esteban MA, Bosch-Guerra X, Oteo JA, On Behalf Of Grupo de Apoyo Al Manejo de la Endocarditis Infecciosa En Espana Games. | Pathogens | 10.3390/pathogens11050561 | 2022 | | |
| Pathogenicity | The association of host and vector characteristics with Ctenocephalides felis pathogen and endosymbiont infection. | Moore C, Breitschwerdt EB, Kim L, Li Y, Ferris K, Maggi R, Lashnits E. | Front Microbiol | 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1137059 | 2023 | |
| Phylogeny | Phylogenetic classification of Bartonella species by comparing groEL sequences. | Zeaiter Z, Fournier PE, Ogata H, Raoult D. | Int J Syst Evol Microbiol | 10.1099/00207713-52-1-165 | 2002 | |
| Bacterial lymphadenitis at a major referral hospital in France from 2008 to 2012. | Safont M, Angelakis E, Richet H, Lepidi H, Fournier PE, Drancourt M, Raoult D. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.03491-13 | 2014 | | |
| Enzymology | Assessment of a quantitative 5' nuclease real-time polymerase chain reaction using the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide dehydrogenase gamma subunit (nuoG) for Bartonella species in domiciled and stray cats in Brazil. | Andre MR, Dumler JS, Herrera HM, Goncalves LR, de Sousa KC, Scorpio DG, de Santis AC, Domingos IH, de Macedo GC, Machado RZ. | J Feline Med Surg | 10.1177/1098612x15593787 | 2016 | |
| Phylogeny | Molecular typing of "Candidatus Bartonella ancashi," a new human pathogen causing verruga peruana. | Mullins KE, Hang J, Jiang J, Leguia M, Kasper MR, Maguina C, Jarman RG, Blazes DL, Richards AL. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.01226-13 | 2013 | |
| Enzymology | Molecular evidence of perinatal transmission of Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii and Bartonella henselae to a child. | Breitschwerdt EB, Maggi RG, Farmer P, Mascarelli PE. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.00326-10 | 2010 | |
| Tickborne pathogen detection, Western Siberia, Russia. | Rar VA, Fomenko NV, Dobrotvorsky AK, Livanova NN, Rudakova SA, Fedorov EG, Astanin VB, Morozova OV. | Emerg Infect Dis | 10.3201/eid1111.041195 | 2005 | | |
| Strategies of exploitation of mammalian reservoirs by Bartonella species. | Deng H, Le Rhun D, Buffet JP, Cotte V, Read A, Birtles RJ, Vayssier-Taussat M. | Vet Res | 10.1186/1297-9716-43-15 | 2012 | | |
| Phylogeny | Use of rpoB gene analysis for detection and identification of Bartonella species. | Renesto P, Gouvernet J, Drancourt M, Roux V, Raoult D. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.39.2.430-437.2001 | 2001 | |
| Metabolism | Parallel evolution of a type IV secretion system in radiating lineages of the host-restricted bacterial pathogen Bartonella. | Engel P, Salzburger W, Liesch M, Chang CC, Maruyama S, Lanz C, Calteau A, Lajus A, Medigue C, Schuster SC, Dehio C. | PLoS Genet | 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001296 | 2011 | |
| Genetics | Complete Genome Sequence of Bartonella alsatica Strain IBS 382 (CIP 105477). | Thibau A, Schultze TG, Ballhorn W, Kempf VAJ | Microbiol Resour Announc | 10.1128/MRA.00769-20 | 2020 | |
| Phylogeny | Bartonella alsatica sp. nov., a new Bartonella species isolated from the blood of wild rabbits. | Heller R, Kubina M, Mariet P, Riegel P, Delacour G, Dehio C, Lamarque F, Kasten R, Boulouis HJ, Monteil H, Chomel B, Piemont Y | Int J Syst Bacteriol | 10.1099/00207713-49-1-283 | 1999 | |
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