Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Bartonella saheliensis sp. nov. from the blood of Gerbilliscus gambianus from Senegal

H. Dahmana (1, 2) , H. Medkour (1, 2) , H. Anani (2, 3) , Laurent Granjon (4) , G. Diatta (5, 6) , F. Fenollar (2, 3) , O. Mediannikov (1, 2)

1 MEPHI - Microbes évolution phylogénie et infections
2 IHU Marseille - Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection
3 VITROME - Vecteurs - Infections tropicales et méditerranéennes
4 UMR CBGP - Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations
5 UCAD - Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar [Sénégal]
6 IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

Bartonella saheliensis strain 077 (= CSUR B644T; = DSM 28003T) is a new bacterial species isolated from blood of the rodent Gerbilliscus gambianus captured in the Sine-Saloum region of Senegal. In this work we describe the characteristics of this microorganism, as well as the complete sequence of the genome and its annotation. Its genome has 2 327 299 bp (G+C content 38.4%) and codes for 2015 proteins and 53 RNA genes.

Mots clés: Bartonella; Bartonella saheliensissp. nov.; genome; Gerbilliscus gambianus; rodents; senegal

Domaines: Bactériologie; Virologie; Parasitologie; Cardiologie et système cardiovasculaire; Maladies émergentes; Maladies infectieuses

H. Dahmana, H. Medkour, H. Anani, Laurent Granjon, G. Diatta, et al.. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Bartonella saheliensis sp. nov. from the blood of Gerbilliscus gambianus from Senegal. New Microbes and New Infections, 2020, 35, pp.100667. ⟨10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100667⟩. ⟨hal-02547902⟩