ATCC® Number:VR-152™
Agent: Bartonella vinsonii (Weiss and Dasch) Brenner et al. emend. Kordick et al. (Vole agent)
Strain: Baker [Baker, CIP 103738]
Original Source: Spleen of vole, Quebec
Depositors: M Bozeman
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : chicken embryo, yolk sac inoculation chicken embryo; vole (inapparent infection); mouse; guinea pig; hamster; rat
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: Death of embryo
Comments : Brenner et al. (Int. J. Syst. Bact. 43: 777-786, 1993) propose Bartonella and Rochalimaea species be combined under genus Bartonella.
References : 11730: Weiss E, Dasch GA. Differential characteristics of strains of Rochalimaea: Rochalimaea vinsonii sp. nov., the Canadian vole agent. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 32: 305-314, 1982. 32638: Kordick DL, et al. Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii subsp. nov., isolated from dogs; Bartonella vinsonii subsp. vinsonii; and emended description of Bartonella vinsonii. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 46: 704-709, 1996. PubMed: 8782679 33201: Baker JA. . J. Exp. Med. 84: 37, 1946.