Species ***Bartonella* *koehlerae***

Name: Bartonella koehlerae Droz et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: koeh’le.rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. koehlerae, of Koehler, named in honor of Jane E. Koehler, who was the first to isolate Bartonella species from bacillary angiomatosis lesions and whose studies of Bartonella quintana and Bartonella henselae isolates from human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients have contributed to an improved understanding of Bartonella-associated disease in humans

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bar-to-NEL-la KO͡EH-le-ra͡e, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700693; C-29; CIP 107025; DSM 21570

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF076237 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Droz S, Chi B, Horn E, Steigerwalt AG, Whitney AM, Brenner DJ. Bartonella koehlerae sp. nov., isolated from cats. J Clin Microbiol 1999; 37:1117-1122. 🇨🇭

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 73. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:423-424.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Emendations:
- Hördt et al. 2020 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z". — 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 59 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 3

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Bartonella koehlerae subsp. bothieri" Chomel et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name
"Bartonella koehlerae subsp. boulouisii" Chomel et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name
"Bartonella koehlerae subsp. koehlerae" (Droz et al. 2000) Chomel et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name

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

Assigned by: Droz S, Chi B, Horn E, Steigerwalt AG, Whitney AM, Brenner DJ. Bartonella koehlerae sp. nov., isolated from cats. J Clin Microbiol 1999; 37:1117-1122. 🇨🇭

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Species Bartonella koehlerae

Species ***Bartonella* *koehlerae***