| Brucellaceae | |
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| Brucella spp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
| Family: | Brucellaceae Breed et al. 1957 |
| Genera23 | |
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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 bacteria4
Phylogeny
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
References
- 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.
- Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Brucellaceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 15, 2021.
- "Brucellaceae". www.uniprot.org.
- 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.