TY - JOUR AU - Lin, Eleanor Y. AU - Tsigrelis, Constantine AU - Baddour, Larry M. AU - Lepidi, Hubert AU - Rolain, Jean-Marc AU - Patel, Robin AU - Raoult, Didier T1 - Candidatus Bartonella mayotimonensis and Endocarditis T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2010 VL - 16 IS - 3 SP - 500 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We describe a new Bartonella species for which we propose the name Candidatus Bartonella mayotimonensis. It was isolated from native aortic valve tissue of a person with infective endocarditis. The new species was identified by using PCR amplification and sequencing of 5 genes (16S rRNA gene, ftsZ, rpoB, gltA, and internal transcribed spacer region). KW - Endocarditis KW - Bartonella KW - Candidatus Bartonella mayotimonensis KW - aortic valve KW - bacteria KW - dispatch KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1603.081673 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/3/08-1673_article ER - End of Reference