Brucellaceae

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]

Brucellaceae
Brucella spp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Brucellaceae
Breed et al. 1957
Genera[1][2]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN).[1] The phylogeny is based on whole-genome analysis.[5]

Brucellaceae

Pseudochrobactrum

Falsochrobactrum

Daeguia

Paenochrobactrum

Brucella

outgroup

Phyllobacterium

References

  1. Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Brucellaceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  2. "Brucellaceae". www.uniprot.org.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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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