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Species Bartonella heixiaziensis
Name: Bartonella heixiaziensis Li et al. 2016
Etymology: hei.xia.zi.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. heixiaziensis, from Heixiazi Island [Bolshoi Ussuriysky Island], a sedimentary island at the confluence of the Ussuri and Amur Rivers in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province where the voles [Myodes rutilis and Microtus maximowiczii] from which the first strains were isolated were trapped
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … he͡i-ksia-zi-EN-sis, feminine
Type strain: CGMCC 1.15048; CR90HXZ; DSM 100695
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
KJ361623
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Li DM, Hou Y, Song XP, Fu YQ, Li GC, Li M, Eremeeva ME, Wu HX, Pang B, Yue YJ, et al. High prevalence and genetic heterogeneity of rodent-borne Bartonella species on Heixiazi Island, China. Appl Environ Microbiol 2015; 81:7981-7992. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 168. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1603-1606.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 2 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 species itself.
Parent taxon: Bartonella Strong et al. 1915 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Li DM, Hou Y, Song XP, Fu YQ, Li GC, Li M, Eremeeva ME, Wu HX, Pang B, Yue YJ, et al. High prevalence and genetic heterogeneity of rodent-borne Bartonella species on Heixiazi Island, China. Appl Environ Microbiol 2015; 81:7981-7992. 🇨🇳
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Record number: 793890
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