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Table 3 Bartonella species detected with the ITS PCR in rodents and shrews from the Northwest Territories

From: Combining deep sequencing and conventional molecular approaches reveals broad diversity and distribution of fleas and Bartonella in rodents and shrews from Arctic and Subarctic ecosystems

Small mammal species1

Number (%)

Species identification2

Red backed voles (n = 69)

1 (1.5)

28 (40.6)

3 (4.3)

1 (1.5)

1 (1.5)

2 (2.9)

2 (2.9)

31 (44.9)

B. doshiae

B. grahamii

B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii

Uncultured Bartonella spp.

B. washoeensis

B. elizabethae

Candidatus B. rudakovii

Unidentified

Deer mice (n = 18)

3 (16.7)

1 (5.6)

3 (16.7)

11 (61)

B. vinsonii subsp. arupensis

B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii

B. grahamii

Unidentified

Meadow voles (n = 5)

2 (40)

3 (60)

B. grahamii

Unidentified

Shrews (n = 13)

8 (61.5)

1 (7.7)

4 (30.8)

B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii

B. vinsonii subsp. arupensis

Unidentified

  1. 1Animals for which ITS PCR was positive and high-quality sequence data were obtained are included
  2. 2Species identified based on ITS sequences with ≥ 97% identity. Undetermined species are those that had < 97% identity with sequences available in GenBank