Etymology:ra.oul’ti.i.N.L. gen. masc. n.raoultii, from Raoult named in honour of the microbiologist Professor Didier Raoult, the founder of the French Reference Centre for bartonellosis
Valid publication:
Hammoud A, Medkour H, Zgheib R, Louni M, Diatta G, Bassene H, Sambou M, Gaye M, Haddad G, Fenollar F, et al.Bartonella raoultii sp. nov., isolated from infected rodents (Mastomys erythroleucus) in Senegal. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5888. 🇫🇷
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6094.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.