Bartonella gabonensis sp. nov., a new bartonella species from savannah rodent Lophuromys sp. in Franceville, Gabon

J B Mangombi; N N'Dilimabaka; H Medkour; O L Banga; M L Tall; M Ben Khedher; J Terras; S Abdi; M Bourgarel; E Leroy; F Fenollar; O Mediannikov

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100796

Bartonella gabonensis sp. nov., a new bartonella species from savannah rodent Lophuromys sp. in Franceville, Gabon

New Microbes New Infect. 2020 Oct 27:38:100796. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100796. eCollection 2020 Nov.

Authors

J B Mangombi^{1

2

3}, N N'Dilimabaka^{1

4}, H Medkour^{3

5}, O L Banga¹, M L Tall^{3

5}, M Ben Khedher^{3

5}, J Terras^{3

5}, S Abdi^{3

5}, M Bourgarel^{6

7}, E Leroy⁸, F Fenollar^{2

3}, O Mediannikov^{3

5}

Affiliations

¹ Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches Médicales de Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville, Gabon.
² Aix-Marseille Université, IRD, APHM, Microbes, VITROME, Marseille, France.
³ IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.
⁴ Département de Biologie, Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku (USTM), Franceville, Gabon.
⁵ Aix-Marseille Université, IRD, APHM, Microbes, MEPHI, Marseille, France.
⁶ ASTRE, Université Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, Montpellier, France.
⁷ UMR MIVEGEC IRDCNRSUM, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Montpellier, France.
⁸ CIRAD, UMR ASTRE, Harare, Zimbabwe.

Abstract

We describe a new strain named Bartonella gabonensis sp. nov. strain 669^T (CSURB1083). The entire genome of this strain is described here. It was isolated from a savannah rodent, a brush-furred rat (Lophuromys sp.), trapped the city of Franceville in Gabon, in Central Africa. B. gabonensis is an aerobic, rod-shaped and Gram-negative bacterium. On the basis of the organism's features, and following a taxonogenomic approach, we propose the creation of the species Bartonella gabonensis sp. nov.

Keywords: Bartonella gabonensis sp. nov.; Gabon; Lophuromys sp.; genome; rodents.