Genomic properties of a Bartonella quintana strain from Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) revealed by genome comparison with human and rhesus macaque strains

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 10941 - 11
• Main Authors: Sato, Shingo, Nishioka, Emu, Kabeya, Hidenori, Maruyama, Soichi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 13.05.2024; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/326/325/2482; 631/326/41/2529; 631/326/41/2530; Animals; Apoptosis; Bartonella quintana; Bartonella quintana - genetics; Bartonella quintana - isolation & purification; Endothelial cells; Erythrocytes; Genome, Bacterial; Genomes; Genomics; Genomics - methods; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Macaca fuscata; Macaca fuscata - genetics; Macaca mulatta; multidisciplinary; Nucleotide sequence; Phylogeny; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Trench fever; Trench Fever - microbiology

Bartonella quintana , the causative agent of trench fever, is an intracellular bacterium that infects human erythrocytes and vascular endothelial cells. For many years, humans were considered the only natural hosts for B. quintana ; however, it was recently discovered that wild Japanese macaques ( M...