Brucellaceae

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]

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]

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. "Brucellaceae". www.uniprot.org.
  3. 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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