Bacteria in Bulgarian wild mice and voles, as well as absent African swine fever virus

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4 May 2026
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Description

This dataset contains occurrence records of bacterial isolates obtained from rectal samples of wild rodents (Apodemus flavicollis or yellow-necked mouse and Myodes glareolus or bank vole) collected in Bulgaria. Animals were trapped and sampled in the field; rectal material was suspended in nutrient medium and subsequently processed in the Department of Infectious Microbiology of the Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (SAIM-BAS), where bacterial isolates were cultured, purified, and identified using biochemical methods or PCR. The isolates identified via BD PhoenixTM gave a confidence value of 99%, unless otherwise specified in parenthesisEach record represents a bacterial isolate derived from a specific host individual at a defined place and time. Isolates are maintained as live cryopreserved pure cultures in the SAIM-BAS collection.Isolate identifiers follow the format SAIM-BAS-YI-[Roman numeral]-[Arabic numeral], where the Roman numeral denotes the host individual and the Arabic numeral denotes the isolate number corresponding to a table in the associated publication. These identifiers are provided in the organismID field and uniquely link GBIF records to the physical strains in the collection. The field eventID represents individual host animals. All bacterial isolates derived from the same host share the same eventID, allowing linkage of multiple isolates to a single sampled individual.The presence of bacteria is confirmed from cultured material and reflects host-associated occurrence; records do not represent environmental prevalence. Host animals showed no clinical signs at the time of sampling; isolates are therefore considered likely commensal. Multiple isolates of the same species per host may be present.In addition, the host rodents were tested for African swine fever virus, but it was not detected using PCR.

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Ilieva Y (2026). Bacteria in Bulgarian wild mice and voles, as well as absent African swine fever virus. Version 1.0. Training Organization. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=bacteria_in_bulgarian_wild_mice_and_voles&v=1.0

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GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: b9abfa2f-cb27-4a80-b85e-e61d815ce21c.  Training Organization publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Secretariat.

Keywords

Occurrence

Contacts

Yana Ilieva
  • Point Of Contact
The Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Sofia
Bulgaria
Yana Ilieva
  • Point Of Contact
  • Chief Assistant professor
The Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Sofia
Bulgaria
Michaela Beltcheva
  • Author
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Geographic Coverage

Skakavtsite, Rila mountain, 1500 m above sea level, Bulgaria

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Kingdom Bacteria, Viruses
Phylum Nucleocytoviricota, Bacillota, Pseudomonadota

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Ilieva, Y., Zaharieva, M.M., Dimitrova, L., Kaleva, M.D., Jordanova, J., Dimitrova, M., Beltcheva, M., Aleksieva, I., Georgiev, Y., Manasiev, Y., Najdenski, H. Preliminary Data on Escherichia coli, Yersinia enterocolitica, and Other Bacteria, as Well as Absent African Swine Fever Virus in the Gut Microbiota of Wild Mice and Voles from Bulgaria. Microbiol. Res. 2023, 14, 1788–1819. https://doi.org/10.3390/microbiolres14040123 DOI