Brucellaceae

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]

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]

See Brucella, the type genus, and brucellosis, a disease caused by Brucella.

References

"List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature". Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
"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.

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[1] "List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature". Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2010.

[UniProt-2] "Brucellaceae". www.uniprot.org.

[Bergey-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.