Advancements in understanding the molecular and immune mechanisms of Bartonella pathogenicity

X **, Y Gou, Y **n, J Li, J Sun, T Li, J Feng - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Bartonellae are considered to be emerging opportunistic pathogens. The bacteria are
transmitted by blood-sucking arthropods, and their hosts are a wide range of mammals …

The evolution and role of eukaryotic-like domains in environmental intracellular bacteria: the battle with a eukaryotic cell

JE Martyn, L Gomez-Valero… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Intracellular pathogens that are able to thrive in different environments, such as Legionella
spp. that preferentially live in protozoa in aquatic environments or environmental …

Virulence and antibiotic resistance plasticity of Arcobacter butzleri: insights on the genomic diversity of an emerging human pathogen

J Isidro, S Ferreira, M Pinto, F Domingues… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Arcobacter butzleri is a foodborne emerging human pathogen, frequently displaying a
multidrug resistant character. Still, the lack of comprehensive genome-scale comparative …

A bacterial toxin-antitoxin module is the origin of inter-bacterial and inter-kingdom effectors of Bartonella

A Harms, M Liesch, J Körner, M Québatte, P Engel… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Host-targeting type IV secretion systems (T4SS) evolved from conjugative T4SS machineries
that mediate interbacterial plasmid transfer. However, the origins of effectors secreted by …

Bats are key hosts in the radiation of mammal-associated Bartonella bacteria

CD McKee, Y Bai, CT Webb, MY Kosoy - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2021 - Elsevier
Bats are notorious reservoirs of several zoonotic diseases and may be uniquely tolerant of
infection among mammals. Broad sampling has revealed the importance of bats in the …

Carrion's disease: the sound of silence

C Gomes, J Ruiz - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Carrion's disease (CD) is a neglected biphasic vector-borne illness related to Bartonella
bacilliformis. It is found in the Andean valleys and is transmitted mainly by members of the …

Molecular pathogen screening of louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) from domestic and wild ruminants in Austria

M Peña-Espinoza, D Em, B Shahi-Barogh, D Berer… - Parasites & …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Hippoboscid flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae), also known as louse flies
or keds, are obligate blood-sucking ectoparasites of animals, and accidentally of humans …

Genetic diversity of Bartonella spp. in vampire bats from Brazil

MR André, R Gutierrez, P Ikeda… - Transboundary and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, an increasing number of Bartonella species have been emerged to cause human
diseases. Among animal reservoirs for Bartonella spp., bats stand out due to their high …

Role of distinct type‐IV‐secretion systems and secreted effector sets in host adaptation by pathogenic Bartonella species

A Wagner, C Dehio - Cellular microbiology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The α‐proteobacterial genus Bartonella comprises a large number of facultative intracellular
pathogens that share a common lifestyle hallmarked by hemotrophic infection and arthropod …

Identification of the Bartonella autotransporter CFA as a protective antigen and hypervariable target of neutralizing antibodies in mice

LK Siewert, A Korotaev, J Sedzicki… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The bacterial genus Bartonella comprises numerous emerging pathogens that cause a
broad spectrum of disease manifestations in humans. The targets and mechanisms of the …