Congratulations! You have correctly identified the bacteria.
The BLAST search displays the matching
sequences in the database in descending order of the degree of the match.
Most of the top scorers are either Bartonella henselae or Rochalimaea
henselae. The latter is an older name for this species. Bartonella
species are demanding in their nutritional requirements for culture; as
a result, normal culturing techniques do not yield vigorously growing bacterial
colonies.
Here is the description of this species from our reference section:
Bartonella henselae Various species of Bartonella that
are pathogenic to humans are transmitted via a vector, or directly from
an animal reservoir. For example, B. bacilliformis via sandflies
causes Oroya fever; B. quintana via body lice causes trench fever;
and B. henselae via cats causes cat scratch disease (CSD). CSD typically
manifests as swellings of the lymph glands, possibly with skin lesions at
the site of inoculation and possibly accompanied by fever, fatigue, and
other symptoms. Immunocompromised patients may be particularly susceptible
and can develop a different disease, bacillary angiomatosis, as a result
of infection by B. henselae or B. quintana.
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