Name: Bartonella Strong et al. 1915 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Bar.to.nel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Bartonella, named after Alberto L. Barton, who described these organisms in 1909, after studying the agent of Carrion's disease

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Bartonell-), bar-to-NEL-la

Type species: Bartonella bacilliformis (Strong et al. 1913) Strong et al. 1915 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Strong RP, Tyzzer EE, Sellards AW. Oroya fever. Second report. Journal of the American Medical Association 1915; 64:806-808.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 3

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Grahamella (ex Brumpt 1911) Ristic and Kreier 1984	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Bartonia" Strong et al. 1913	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Rochalimaea (Macchiavello 1947) Krieg 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Attibartonella" Botero et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Ditibartonella" Botero et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Emendations:
  • Brenner et al. 1993 Brenner DJ, O'Connor SP, Winkler HH, Steigerwalt AG. Proposals to unify the genera Bartonella and Rochalimaea, with descriptions of Bartonella quintana comb. nov., Bartonella vinsonii comb. nov., Bartonella henselae comb. nov., and Bartonella elizabethae comb. nov., and to remove the family Bartonellaceae from the order Rickettsiales. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:777-786. 🇺🇸 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:184.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 4 new species in the genus.
  • Birtles et al. 1995 Birtles RJ, Harrison TG, Saunders NA, Molyneux DH. Proposals to unify the genera Grahamella and Bartonella, with descriptions of Bartonella talpae comb. nov., Bartonella peromysci comb. nov., and three new species, Bartonella grahamii sp. nov., Bartonella taylorii sp. nov., and Bartonella doshiae sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:1-8. 🇬🇧 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:420.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 5 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Bartonellaceae Gieszczykiewicz 1939 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Gieszczykiewicz M. Agadniene systematihki w bakteriologii - Zür Frage der Bakterien-Systematic. Bulletin de l'Academie Polonaise des Sciences, Serie des Sciences Biologiques 1939; 1:9-27.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Bartonia" Strong et al. 1913. Publication: Strong RP, Tyzzer EE, Brues CT, Sellards AW, Gastiaburu JC. Verruga peruviana, Oroya fever and uta. Journal of the American Medical Association 1913; 61:1713-1716.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Bairtonella"; "Bareonella"; "Barfonella"; "Barlonella"; "Barmnella"; "Barronella"; "Bartanella"; "Bartnnella"; "Bartocella"; "Bartonclla"; "Bartondla"; "Bartoneflu"; "Bartonelia"; "Bartonellu"; "Bartoneua"; "Bartonolla"; "Bartonvlla"; "Bartunella"; "Barwnella"; "Barzonella"; "Battonella"; "Birrtonella"; "Hartonella".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Firrao G, Brown DR. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Mollicutes: Minutes of the meetings, July 15th and 19th 2012, Toulouse, France. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2361-2364. 🇺🇸
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Sato et al. (2013), Bermond et al. (2002), Heller et al. (1999), Hammoud et al. (2023), Daly et al. (1993). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 41; CIP: 22; CSUR: 19; CCUG: 18; ATCC: 14; JCM: 9; NCTC: 6; KCTC: 4; LMG: 3; PCM: 3.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for France has been imported on 2024-08-30. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "BRTL" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • 🧍 See Krügel et al. (2022) for a review on rodent-associated Bartonella species. Publication: Krugel M, Krol N, Kempf VAJ, Pfeffer M, Obiegala A. Emerging rodent-associated Bartonella: a threat for human health? Parasit Vectors 2022; 15:113. 🇩🇪

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 42
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 42
Total number of child taxa: 115

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Bartonella acomydis Sato et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella affinis" Demoncheaux et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    Bartonella alsatica Heller et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bartonella ancashensis Mullins et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella ancashensis" corrig. Blazes et al. 2013	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Bartonella ancashi" Blazes et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Bartonella antechini" Kaewmongkol et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Bartonella apihabitans Liu et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bartonella apis Kešnerová et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Bartonella australis" Fournier et al. 2007	not validly published	preferred name
    Bartonella bacilliformis (Strong et al. 1913) Strong et al. 1915 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella bandicootii" Kaewmongkol et al. 2011	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Bartonella bettongiae" corrig. Kaewmongkol et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Bartonella bilalgolemii" Celebi et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    Bartonella birtlesii Bermond et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bartonella bovis Bermond et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bartonella callosciuri Sato et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella camelii" Selmi et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    Bartonella capreoli Bermond et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella cariotis" corrig. Laroche et al. 2017	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Bartonella chanthaburi" Pangjai et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    Bartonella choladocola Liu et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bartonella chomelii Maillard et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bartonella clarridgeiae Lawson and Collins 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bartonella coopersplainsensis Gundi et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella cricetuli" Zhang et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Bartonella crocidura" Zhang et al. 2022	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Bartonella crocidurae" corrig. Zhang et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Bartonella davousti" Dahmani et al. 2017	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Bartonella davoustii" corrig. Dahmani et al. 2017	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella dianxisis" He et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    Bartonella doshiae Birtles et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Bartonella dromedarii" Rasis et al. 2014	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Bartonella durdenii" Breitschwerdt et al. 2009	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Bartonella elizabethae (Daly et al. 1993) Brenner et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella fadhilae" Alsarraf et al. 2017	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Bartonella fadhilii" corrig. Alsarraf et al. 2017	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Bartonella florencae corrig. Mediannikov et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bartonella florenciae Mediannikov et al. 2014	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Bartonella fuyuanensis Li et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Bartonella gabonensis" Mangombi et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Bartonella gerbillinarum" Gutiérrez et al. 2018	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Bartonella gliris" Bartoš et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Bartonella grahamii Birtles et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Bartonella harrusi" do Amaral et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    Bartonella heixiaziensis Li et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella hemsundetensis" corrig. Lilley et al. 2015	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella hemsundetiensis" Lilley et al. 2015	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Bartonella henselae (Regnery et al. 1992) Brenner et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bartonella jaculi Sato et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bartonella japonica Inoue et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Bartonella khokhlovae" Gutiérrez et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Bartonella kittensis" Mau et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Bartonella koehlerae Droz et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bartonella kosoyi Gutiérrez et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bartonella krasnovii Gutiérrez et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella krasnovii" Gutiérrez et al. 2018	not validly published	synonym
    "Bartonella machadoae" Do Amaral et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Bartonella marmotae" corrig. Breitschwerdt et al. 2009	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella massiliensis" Mediannikov et al. 2014	not validly published	synonym
    "Bartonella massiliensis" Medkour et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    "Bartonella mastomydis" Dahmani et al. 2018	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Bartonella mastomydis" Mediannikov et al. 2014	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Bartonella mastomydis" Martin-Alonso et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Bartonella mastomysi" corrig. Martin-Alonso et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Bartonella mastomysi" corrig. Mediannikov et al. 2014	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella mayotimonensis" Lin et al. 2010	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Bartonella melophagi" (Nöller 1917) Lee and Reichenbach 2006	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Bartonella melophagi" Maggi et al. 2009	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella merieuxii" Chomel et al. 2012	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella militaris" Demoncheaux et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Bartonella monaxi" Breitschwerdt et al. 2009	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Bartonella mongolica" Li et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    "Bartonella muris" Mayer 1921	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
    "Candidatus Bartonella negevensis" corrig. Gutiérrez et al. 2018	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella negeviensis" Gutiérrez et al. 2018	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Bartonella odocoilei" Lozano-Sardaneta et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella ovis" Raya et al. 2018	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Bartonella pachyuromydis Sato et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella paramelis" corrig. Kaewmongkol et al. 2011	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Bartonella peramelis" corrig. Kaewmongkol et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Bartonella peromysci (Ristic and Kreier 1984 ex Tyzzer 1942) Birtles et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Bartonella phoceensis" Gundi et al. 2004	not validly published	preferred name
    Bartonella queenslandensis Gundi et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bartonella quintana (Schmincke 1917) Brenner et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Bartonella ranong" Pangjai et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    Bartonella raoultii Hammoud et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella raoultii" Mediannikov et al. 2014	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Bartonella rattaustraliani Gundi et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Bartonella rattimassiliensis" Gundi et al. 2004	not validly published	preferred name
    Bartonella refiksaydamii Celebi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bartonella rochalimae Eremeeva et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella rondoniensis" Laroche et al. 2017	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Bartonella rousetti" Qiu et al. 2020	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Bartonella rousetti" Bai et al. 2018	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella rudakovii" Chomel et al. 2012	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella sahelensis" corrig. Mediannikov et al. 2014	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Bartonella saheliensis" Dahmana et al. 2020	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Bartonella saheliensis" Mediannikov et al. 2014	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Bartonella sanaae" Alsarraf et al. 2017	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Bartonella satun" Pangjai et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    Bartonella schoenbuchensis corrig. Dehio et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bartonella schoenbuchii Dehio et al. 2001	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Bartonella senegalensis Mediannikov et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bartonella silvatica Inoue et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bartonella talpae (Ristic and Kreier 1984 ex Brumpt 1911) Birtles et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bartonella tamiae Kosoy et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bartonella taylorii Birtles et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella thailandensis" Saisongkorh et al. 2009	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Bartonella tribocorum Heller et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bartonella vinsonii (Weiss and Dasch 1982) Brenner et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella volans" Breitschwerdt et al. 2009	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Bartonella washoensis" Breitschwerdt and Kordick 2000	not validly published	preferred name
    "Bartonella weissii" Breitschwerdt et al. 2001	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Bartonella woyliei" Kaewmongkol et al. 2011	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: Bartonellaceae Gieszczykiewicz 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Brenner DJ, O'Connor SP, Winkler HH, Steigerwalt AG. Proposals to unify the genera Bartonella and Rochalimaea, with descriptions of Bartonella quintana comb. nov., Bartonella vinsonii comb. nov., Bartonella henselae comb. nov., and Bartonella elizabethae comb. nov., and to remove the family Bartonellaceae from the order Rickettsiales. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:777-786. 🇺🇸

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