Bartonella tamiae

Bartonella tamiae is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria from the genus of Bartonella which was isolated from the blood of patients in Thailand.[1][3] Bartonella tamiae can cause illness in humans.[2]

Bartonella tamiae
Scientific classification
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Alpha Proteobacteria
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B. tamiae
Binomial name
Bartonella tamiae
Kosoy et al. 2008[1]
Type strain
Th239, Th307, Th339[2]

References

  1. UniProt
  2. Colton, L.; Zeidner, N.; Lynch, T.; Kosoy, M. Y. (2010). "Human isolates of Bartonella tamiae induce pathology in experimentally inoculated immunocompetent mice". BMC Infectious Diseases. 10: 229. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-10-229. PMC 2920874. PMID 20673363.
  3. Kosoy, M.; Morway, C.; Sheff, K. W.; Bai, Y.; Colborn, J.; Chalcraft, L.; Dowell, S. F.; Peruski, L. F.; Maloney, S. A.; Baggett, H.; Sutthirattana, S.; Sidhirat, A.; Maruyama, S.; Kabeya, H.; Chomel, B. B.; Kasten, R.; Popov, V.; Robinson, J.; Kruglov, A.; Petersen, L. R. (2007). "Bartonella tamiae sp. nov., a Newly Recognized Pathogen Isolated from Three Human Patients from Thailand". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 46 (2): 772. doi:10.1128/JCM.02120-07. PMC 2238074. PMID 18077632.


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