Brucellaceae
| Brucellaceae | |
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| Brucella spp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
| Family: | Brucellaceae Breed et al. 1957 |
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The Brucellaceae are a family of the Gram-negative Hyphomicrobiales. They are named after Sir David Bruce, a Scottish microbiologist. They are aerobic chemoorganotrophes.[4] The family comprises pathogen and soil bacteria[4]
Phylogeny
[edit]The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN).[2] The phylogeny is based on whole-genome analysis.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Olitsky PK, Syverton JT, Tyler JR (1934). "Studies on the Etiology of Spontaneous Conjunctival Folliculosis of Rabbits: II. Bacteriological Investigations". J Exp Med. 60 (3): 375–384. doi:10.1084/jem.60.3.375. PMC 2132420. PMID 19870308.
- ^ a b Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Brucellaceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 15, 2021.
- ^ "Brucellaceae". www.uniprot.org.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Hördt A, García López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow A, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Göker M (2020). "Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria". Front. Microbiol. 11: 468. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468. PMC 7179689. PMID 32373076.
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