Bartonella birtlesii (DSM 21463, CCUG 44360, CIP 106294)

Name: Bartonella birtlesii (DSM 21463, CCUG 44360, CIP 106294)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 1636

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 21463 CCUG 44360 CIP 106294 IBS 325

NCBI tax ID(s) 1095900 111504

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG CIP Literature strains

History DSMZ <- CIP; IBS 325 {2008} <- D. Bermond, ULP, Strasbourg, France CIP <- 1999, D. Bermond, ULP, Strasbourg, France: strain IBS 325 CIP <- 1999, D. Bermond, Louis Pasteur Univ., Strasbourg, France: strain IBS 325

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Bartonella birtlesii DSM 21463 is a microaerophile, Gram-negative, rod-shaped animal pathogen that was isolated from Apodemus sp..

Gram-negative rod-shaped microaerophile animal pathogen genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 67567

CIP 106294,CCUG 44360,DSM 21463

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:25:18

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Alphaproteobacteria

Order Hyphomicrobiales

Family Bartonellaceae

Genus Bartonella

Species Bartonella birtlesii

Full scientific name Bartonella birtlesii Bermond et al. 2000

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
116822	negative	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Colony shape	Incubation period	Medium used	Hemolysis ability
15722			2-3 days
23144	grey-white	circular	10 days	blood agar
56276			3 days
116822					0

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
15722	COLUMBIA BLOOD AGAR (DSMZ Medium 429)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: COLUMBIA BLOOD AGAR (DSMZ Medium 429) Composition: Horse blood 40.0 g/l Columbia agar base
23144	blood agar
40300	MEDIUM 6 - Columbia agar with 10 % horse blood		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Columbia agar (39.000 g);Horseblood (100.000 ml)
116822	CIP Medium 6	Medium recipe at CIP
116822	CIP Medium 45	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
15722	positive	growth	37
23144	positive	growth	35
40300	positive	growth	37
116822	positive	growth	25-37
116822	negative	growth	10
116822	negative	growth	15
116822	negative	growth	41
116822	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
15722	microaerophile
56276	microaerophile
125439	facultative anaerobe	99.276

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		99.998

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23144	29016 ChEBI	arginine	+	other
23144	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
116822	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
23144	15428 ChEBI	glycine	+	other
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
116822	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	+	hydrolysis
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
23144	25017 ChEBI	leucine	+	other
23144	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
23144	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
23144	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	hydrolysis
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
116822	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
116822	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
23144	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
23144	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	hydrolysis
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23144	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

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
23144	15688 ChEBI	acetoin
116822	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
23144	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
116822	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
116822	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	-	3.1.3.2	from API zym
116822	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
116822	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
23144	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
116822	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
23144	cytochrome oxidase	-	1.9.3.1
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	-		from API zym
116822	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
116822	gelatinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
116822	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
116822	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
116822	oxidase	-
116822	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
116822	tryptophan deaminase	-
23144	urease	-	3.5.1.5
116822	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

56276

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C18:1 ω7c /12t/9t	43.5	17.824
C18:0	18.5	18
C16:0	16.8	16
Unidentified	5.4	18.146
Unidentified	4.4	18.315
Unidentified	2.8	16.296
C17:0	2.1	17
C18:2 ω6,9c/C18:0 ANTE	2	17.724
C18:1 ω9c	0.8	17.769
C15:0	0.7	15
Unidentified	0.5	18.097
C14:0	0.5	14
C16:1 ω7c	0.5	15.819
C17:1 ω6c	0.4	16.862
Unidentified	0.4	17.303
C12:0 3OH	0.4	13.455
C18:1 ω5c	0.4	17.919

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
116822	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

API 50CHac

@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
116822	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Mammals	#Muridae (Mouse/Rat)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Sampling date	Isolation date
15722	Apodemus sp.	Apodemus	Gerstheim	France	FRA	Europe
56276	Apodemus sp.			France	FRA	Europe	1997
116822	Apodemus sp.		Gerstheim	France	FRA	Europe		1997

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AF204274 (>99% sequence identity) for Bartonella from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	669
Soil Samples	187
Animal Samples	589
Plant Samples	52
Total Samples	1497

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
15722		2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
116822		2	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
124043	ASM27337v1 assembly for Bartonella birtlesii IBS 325	chromosome	GCA_000273375	1095900.3	2547132177	1095900	80.13

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
15722	Bartonella birtlesii 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF204274	1401		111504

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM27337v1 assembly for Bartonella birtlesii IBS 325
NCBI: GCA_000273375

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	99.28	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	64.17	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	76.89	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	100.00	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Microarray for serotyping of Bartonella species.	Bonhomme CJ, Nappez C, Raoult D.	BMC Microbiol	10.1186/1471-2180-7-59	2007
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
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
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
Genetics	Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Bartonella florenciae sp. nov.	Mediannikov O, El Karkouri K, Robert C, Fournier PE, Raoult D.	Stand Genomic Sci	10.4056/sigs.4358060	2013
Phylogeny	Bartonella birtlesii sp. nov., isolated from small mammals (Apodemus spp.).	Bermond D, Heller R, Barrat F, Delacour G, Dehio C, Alliot A, Monteil H, Chomel B, Boulouis HJ, Piemont Y	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-50-6-1973	2000

References

#15722	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 21463
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#23144	D Bermond, R Heller, F Barrat, G Delacour, C Dehio, A Alliot, H Monteil, B Chomel, H J Boulouis, Y Piémont: Bartonella birtlesii sp. nov., isolated from small mammals (Apodemus spp.). IJSEM 50: 1973 - 1979 2000 ( DOI 10.1099/00207713-50-6-1973 , PubMed 11155970 )
#40300	; Curators of the CIP;
#56276	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 44360
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#116822	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 106294
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Bartonella birtlesii (DSM 21463, CCUG 44360, CIP 106294)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

Fatty acid profile

API zym

API 50CHac

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_000273375

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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