Bartonellaceae Gieszczykiewicz 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)
General information
Description and emendation
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1: It is proposed that the genus Rochalimaea should be transferred to the family Bartonellaceae. This requires emending the description of the Bartonellaceae by integrating portions of the description of the genus Rochalimaea and data for Rochalimaea henselae and Rochalimaea elizabethae, as follows. Parasites of erythrocytes of humans and other vertebrates and of human cutaneous and osseous tissue. Cells are rod shaped, cocci, or ring or disk shaped, often beaded or filamentous. Greatest cell diameter is less than 3 µm. Gram negative; aerobic; not acid fast. Strains do not utilize carbohydrates. One species has unipolar flagella. Cultivable on bacteriologic media. Arthropod transmission has been established for many species. Human pathogens include etiologic agents of trench fever, bartonellosis, bacillary angiomatosis, peliosis hepatis, septicemia, and possibly cat scratch disease. Animal species, which have been found in erythrocytes of rodents and other vertebrates, are non-pathogenic.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
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M022502090201 | Bartonella | Genus | 773 |