Brucellaceae

Brucellaceae
Brucella spp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rhizobiales
Family: Brucellaceae
Breed et al. 1957
Genera[1]

Brucella[2]
Crabtreella[2]
Daeguia[2]
Falsochrobactrum[2]
Mycoplana[2]
Ochrobactrum[2]
Paenochrobactrum[2]
Pseudochrobactrum[2]

The Brucellaceae are a family of the Gram-negative Rhizobiales. They are named after Sir David Bruce, a Scottish microbiologist. They are aerobic chemoorganotrophes.[3] The family comprises pathogen and soil bacteria[3]

See Brucella, the type genus, and brucellosis, a disease caused by Brucella.

References

  1. ↑ "List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature". Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Brucellaceae". www.uniprot.org.
  3. 1 2 Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-24145-6.


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