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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 1999, p. 2598-2601, Vol. 37, No. 8
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Isolation of a New Subspecies, Bartonella vinsonii subsp. arupensis, from a Cattle Rancher: Identity with Isolates Found in Conjunction with Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti among Naturally Infected Mice

David F. Welch,1,2,* Karen C. Carroll,3 Erik K. Hofmeister,4 David H. Persing,4 Denise A. Robison,5 Arnold G. Steigerwalt,6 and Don J. Brenner6

Laboratory Corporation of America, Dallas, Texas 752301; Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 752352; Associated and Regional University Pathologists, Inc., and Department of Pathology, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 841083; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 559054; Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, University Hospitals, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 731265; and Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 303336

Received 8 February 1999/Returned for modification 15 March 1999/Accepted 4 May 1999

Bacteremia with fever due to a novel subspecies of Bartonella vinsonii was found in a cattle rancher. The subspecies shared major characteristics of the genus Bartonella in terms of most biochemical features and cellular fatty acid profile, but it was distinguishable from other subspecies of B. vinsonii by good growth on heart infusion agar supplemented with X factor and by its pattern of enzymatic hydrolysis of peptide substrates. DNA relatedness studies verified that the isolate belonged to the genus Bartonella and that it was genotypically related to B. vinsonii. The highest level of relatedness was observed with recently characterized strains from naturally infected mice that were coinfected with Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti. We propose the name Bartonella vinsonii subsp. arupensis subsp. nov. as the new subspecies to accommodate these human and murine isolates.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratory Corporation of America, 7777 Forest Ln., Suite C-350, Dallas, TX 75230. Phone: (972) 566-3268. Fax: (972) 566-6639. E-mail: da_welchd{at}rodeo.biomed.com.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 1999, p. 2598-2601, Vol. 37, No. 8
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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