Bartonella species in wild small mammals in Western Black Sea Region of Turkey

Abstract

The species within the genus Bartonella are intracellular bacteria causing long-lasting bacteremia in humans and animals. In this study, Bartonella spp. in 173 small mammals, which were Apodemus flavicollis, A. witherbyi, A. uralensis, A. mystacinus, Myodes glareolus, Crocidura suaveolens, Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus species captured from Western Black Sea Region of Turkey, were investigated by blood culture and molecular methods. The positivity of Bartonella was 63.6% (110/173) by blood culture of small mammalian. The gltA gene regions for the isolated strains were identified by DNA sequencing analysis. Isolates were identified as Bartonella taylorii, B. birtlesii, B. coopersplainsensis and a zoonotic B. grahamii

Keywords

• Bartonella
• blood culture
• gltA
• PCR
• rodent

Batı Karadeniz Bölgesinde yabani küçük memelilerde Bartonella türleri

Abstract

Bartonella genusundaki türler insanlarda ve hayvanlarda uzun süreli bakteriyemiye neden olan hücre içi bakterilerdir. Bu çalışmada Batı Karadeniz Bölgesi’nde yakalanan Apodemus flavicollis, A. witherbyi, A. uralensis, A. mystacinus, Myodes glareolus, Crocidura suaveolens, Rattus rattus ve Rattus norvegicus türlerinin dahil olduğu 173 küçük memelide, kan kültürü ve moleküler yöntemlerle Bartonella türleri araştırıldı. Bartonella pozitifliği küçük memelilerde kan kültürü ile %63.6 (110/173) bulundu. Kültürde izole edilen Bartonella suşlarının, sitrat sentez gen bölgesi (gltA) DNA dizi analizi ile tür tanımlamaları yapıldı. İzolatlar Bartonella taylorii, B. birtlesii, B. coopersplainsensis ve zoonotik bir tür olan B. grahamii olarak tanımlandı

Keywords

• Bartonella
• gltA
• kan kültürü
• PCR
• rodent

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