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
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Hyphomicrobiales
Family:	Brucellaceae Breed et al. 1957
Genera[1][2]
Brucella Meyer and Shaw 1920 (Approved Lists 1980) Daeguia Yoon et al. 2008 Falsochrobactrum Kämpfer et al. 2013 "Noguchia" Olitsky et al. 1934[3] Paenochrobactrum Kämpfer et al. 2010 Pseudochrobactrum Kämpfer et al. 2006

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.