''Bartonella bovis'' is a pathogenic

bacteria Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among ...

first isolated from European ruminants. It is small, fastidious, aerobic,

oxidase In biochemistry, an oxidase is an enzyme that catalyzes oxidation-reduction reactions, especially one involving dioxygen (O2) as the electron acceptor. In reactions involving donation of a hydrogen atom, oxygen is reduced to water (H2O) or hydro ...

-negative,

gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wall ...

and rod-shaped. Its type strain is 91-4^T (= CIP 106692^T = CCUG 43828^T).

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LPSNThe Western Producer articleType strain of ''Bartonella bovis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Bartonellaceae Bacteria described in 2002 {{Hyphomicrobiales-stub

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