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Species Bartonella apis
Name: Bartonella apis Kešnerová et al. 2016
Etymology: a’pis. L. gen. fem. n. apis, from a honey bee, the genus name of the honey bee Apis mellifera, referring to the insect host of this species
Pronunciation, gender: … A-pis, feminine
Type strain: DSM 29779; NCIMB 14961; PEB0122
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
KP987884
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Kesnerova L, Moritz R, Engel P. Bartonella apis sp. nov., a honey bee gut symbiont of the class Alphaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:414-421. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1607-1611.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Ditibartonella apis" (Kešnerová et al. 2016) Botero et al. 2025 homotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 15 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
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🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020).
Publication:
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪
Parent taxon: Bartonella Strong et al. 1915 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Kesnerova L, Moritz R, Engel P. Bartonella apis sp. nov., a honey bee gut symbiont of the class Alphaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:414-421. 🇨🇭
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Record number: 793758
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