Genomic Characterization of the Novelsp. Isolated from the Blood of a(Pallas, 1811).

Abstract

species are reemerging infectious agents that are transmitted by arthropod vectors among animals and/or humans. At least 13 of the 35 currently recognizedspecies are pathogenic for humans. Most of the pathogenic species, exceptandare zoonotic agents with animal reservoirs, including cats, dogs, coyotes, foxes, cattle, and rodents. In this study, a novelspecies was isolated from the blood of a(Pallas, 1811) Lesser shrew that was captured in the Bartın region of Northwestern Turkey. The strain, RSKK 19006, was characterized using whole-genome sequencing and comparison, multilocus sequence typing (and 16S rRNA) and internal transcribed spacer sequencing, electron microscopy scanning, biochemical tests, and MALDI-TOF MS (matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry). This novelis a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, microaerophilic bacterium and has neither flagella nor pilus. As a consequence, we propose to name this new speciessp. nov. ingenus. The zoonotic potential of this novelspecies is as yet unknown.