Isolated from a Synosternus cleopatrae flea collected from a Gerbillus andersoni rodent, which was captured in the western area of the Negev desert, Israel (30.750112 deg N 34.600138 deg E).
Gutierrez R, Shalit T, Markus B, Yuan C, Nachum-Biala Y, Elad D, Harrus S
Title
Bartonella kosoyi sp. nov. and Bartonella krasnovii sp. nov., two novel species closely related to the zoonotic Bartonella elizabethae, isolated from black rats and wild desert rodent-fleas.