Bartonella tamiae sp. nov., a newly recognized pathogen isolated from three human patients from Thailand.
Michael Kosoy, Christina Morway, Kelly W Sheff, Ying Bai, James Colborn, Linda Chalcraft, Scott F Dowell, Leonard F Peruski, Susan A Maloney, Henry Baggett, Saithip Sutthirattana, Anussorn Sidhirat, Soichi Maruyama, Hidenori Kabeya, Bruno B Chomel, Rickie Kasten, Vsevolod Popov, Jennilee Robinson, Alexander Kruglov, Lyle R Petersen
Index: J. Clin. Microbiol. 46 , 772-775, (2008)
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Abstract
Three strains of a novel Bartonella species (Bartonella tamiae) were isolated from human patients from Thailand. Sequence analysis of six chromosomal regions (16S rRNA, gltA, groEL, ftsZ, rpoB, and the intergenic spacer region) and phenotypical analysis supported the similarity of the three strains and placed them within the genus Bartonella separately from previously described species.