학술논문

Novel Waddlia Intracellular Bacterium in Artibeus intermedius Fruit Bats, Mexico.
Document Type
Journal Article
Source
Emerging Infectious Diseases. Dec2015, Vol. 21 Issue 12, p2161-2163. 3p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Diagram.
Subject
*BACTERIAL diseases
*ARTIBEUS
*MYCOSES
*CLADISTIC analysis
*DISEASES
*DIAGNOSIS of bacterial diseases
*ANIMALS
*BATS
*CHLAMYDIALES
*BIOLOGICAL evolution
Language
ISSN
1080-6040
Abstract
An intracellular bacterium was isolated from fruit bats (Artibeus intermedius) in Cocoyoc, Mexico. The bacterium caused severe lesions in the lungs and spleens of bats and intracytoplasmic vacuoles in cell cultures. Sequence analyses showed it is related to Waddlia spp. (order Chlamydiales). We propose to call this bacterium Waddlia cocoyoc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]