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Species Bartonella kosoyi

Name: Bartonella kosoyi Gutiérrez et al. 2020

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ko.soy’i. N.L. gen. masc. n. kosoyi, of Kosoy, in honor of Michael Kosoy from the Centre for Disease Control, USA, for his extensive contribution to the study of rodent-associated species of the genus Bartonella

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bar-to-NEL-la ko-SOY-i, feminine

Type strain: DSM 109922; PCM 3038; Tel Aviv

16S rRNA gene: MN627780 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Gutierrez R, Shalit T, Markus B, Yuan C, Nachum-Biala Y, Elad D, Harrus S. Bartonella kosoyi sp. nov. and Bartonella krasnovii sp. nov., two novel species closely related to the zoonotic Bartonella elizabethae, isolated from black rats and wild desert rodent-fleas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1656-1665. 🇮🇱

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3583-3587.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 3 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.

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

Assigned by: Gutierrez R, Shalit T, Markus B, Yuan C, Nachum-Biala Y, Elad D, Harrus S. Bartonella kosoyi sp. nov. and Bartonella krasnovii sp. nov., two novel species closely related to the zoonotic Bartonella elizabethae, isolated from black rats and wild desert rodent-fleas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1656-1665. 🇮🇱

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Record number: 8630