Figure 2.

Identification of novel strains according to the phylogenies of Bartonella associated with bats and bat ectoparasites based on the gltA gene. The Bartonella strains newly identified in the current study are marked with solid black circles within the phylogenetic tree. Host groups are indicated with different colors: bat (red), bat flea (golden), bat fly (green), bat mite (cyan), and bat tick (blue). Hyphomicrobium album str. XQ2 and Brucella abortus str. 2308 were used for the outgroup and are indicated with pink. The phylogenetic tree was constructed using the maximum likelihood method and visualized by RStudio.