''Bartonella alsatica'' is a

bacterium Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among the ...

. Like other'' Bartonella'' species, it can cause disease in animals. It is small, aerobic, oxidase-negative, and

Gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that, unlike gram-positive bacteria, do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. Their defining characteristic is that their cell envelope consists ...

. Its rod-like cells were localized within wild rabbit erythrocytes when first described. The type strain is IBS 382^T (= CIP 105477^T). It is associated with cases of

lymphadenitis Lymphadenopathy or adenopathy is a disease of the lymph nodes, in which they are abnormal in size or consistency. Lymphadenopathy of an inflammatory type (the most common type) is lymphadenitis, producing swollen or enlarged lymph nodes. In cl ...

and

endocarditis Endocarditis is an inflammation of the inner layer of the heart, the endocardium. It usually involves the heart valves. Other structures that may be involved include the interventricular septum, the chordae tendineae, the mural endocardium, o ...

References

External links

Bartonella-Associated Infections – CDCBartonella species - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
*
Type strain of ''Bartonella alsatica'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Bartonellaceae Bacteria described in 1999 {{Hyphomicrobiales-stub

References

Further reading

External links