| Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus | Species/Subspecies |
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| Species/Subspecies: | Bartonella elizabethae | ||||||||||
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| Etymology: | Genus name: named after the Peruvian scientist Alberto L. Barton (1870-1950), who described this species in 1909.
Species epithet: named after St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Brighton, Massachusetts, USA, where the organism was first isolerated. | ||||||||||
| Significance: | [Of minor importance] | ||||||||||
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| Macromorphology (smell): | Heterogenic colonies, small regular to irregular larger forms. Some strains give hemolysis on blood agar. | ||||||||||
| Micromorphology: | Small (0.5-0.6 x 1.0 µm), nonmotile, slightly bent rods. | ||||||||||
| Gram +/Gram -: | G- (weakly stained) | ||||||||||
| Metabolism: | Aerobic | ||||||||||
| Catalase/Oxidase: | -/- | ||||||||||
| Other Enzymes: | Tryptophanase -, urease - | ||||||||||
| Biochemical Tests: | Voges-Proskauer - | ||||||||||
| Fermentation of carbohydrates: | Bartonella spp. do not produce acid by fermentation of carbohydrates. | ||||||||||
| Spec. Char.: | Optimal temperature: 35-37°C. Very fastidious in culture. | ||||||||||
| Hosts: | Human | ||||||||||
| Reservoir: | Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) | ||||||||||
| Disease (Swedish): | Human endokardit | ||||||||||
| Disease (English): | Human endocarditis | ||||||||||
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| Comment: | Zoonotisk |
