bartonella senegalensis bartonella senegalensis bartonella senegalensis is a gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped, catalase- and oxidase-negative non-spore-forming, non-motile bacteria from the genus bartonella which was isolated from the tick ornithodoros sonrai in senegal in africa. bartonella senegalensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: bartonellaceae genus: bartonella species: b. senegalensis binomial name bartonella senegalensismediannikov et al. 2014 type strain csur b623, dsm 23168, strain os02