Cell structure and function
Bartonella Henselae is a simple bacteria of the Genus Bartonella. It is one to two micrometers long and half a micrometer wide. The bacteria does not appear to have flagella, but it may twitch to move.
An unusual feature of Bartonella Henselae is its inability to use glucose to derive energy, since glucose is abundant in mammalian hosts. This is due to the fact that it has an incomplete glycolysis pathway. A few years later, it was determined that Bartonella Henselae uses histidine, asparigines, glycine, and serine from the growth medium.