Genomic Characterization of Three Novel Bartonella Strains in a Rodent and Two Bat Species from Mexico.

ABSTRACT: Rodents and bats are the most diverse mammal group that host Bartonella species. In the Americas, they were described as harboring Bartonella species; however, they were mostly characterized to the genotypic level. We describe here Bartonella isolates obtained from blood samples of one rodent (Peromyscus yucatanicus from San José Pibtuch, Yucatan) and two bat species (Desmodus rotundus from Progreso, and Pteronotus parnellii from Chamela-Cuitzmala) from Mexico. We sequenced and described the genomic features of three Bartonella strains and performed phylogenomic and pangenome analyses to decipher their phylogenetic relationships. The mouse-associated genome was closely related to Bartonella vinsonii. The two bat-associated genomes clu

SUBMITTER: Goncalves-Oliveira J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9962129 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature