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

H Dahmana; H Medkour; H Anani; L Granjon; G Diatta; F Fenollar; O Mediannikov

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100667

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

New Microbes New Infect. 2020 Mar 14:35:100667. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100667. eCollection 2020 May.

Authors

H Dahmana^{1

2}, H Medkour^{1

2}, H Anani^{2

3}, L Granjon⁴, G Diatta⁵, F Fenollar^{2

3}, O Mediannikov^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, Marseille, France.
² IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.
³ Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, Marseille, France.
⁴ CBGP, IRD, CIRAD, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
⁵ Campus Commun UCAD-IRD of Hann, Dakar, Senegal.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Bartonella; Bartonella saheliensissp. nov.; Gerbilliscus gambianus; genome; rodents; senegal.