Brucella canis Carmichael and Bruner 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)
Brucella neotomae Stoenner and Lackman 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)
Brucella ovis Buddle 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)
Brucella suis Huddleson 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)
Brucella microti Scholz et al. 2008
Brucella oryzae (Tripathi et al. 2006) Hördt et al. 2020
Brucella papionis Whatmore et al. 2014
Brucella pecoris (Kämpfer et al. 2011) Hördt et al. 2020
Brucella pinnipedialis Foster et al. 2007
Brucella pituitosa (Huber et al 2010) Hördt et al. 2020
Brucella pseudintermedia (Teyssier et al. 2007) Hördt et al. 2020
Brucella pseudogrignonensis (Kämpfer et al. 2007) Hördt et al. 2020
Brucella rhizosphaerae (Kämpfer et al. 2008) Hördt et al. 2020
Brucella thiophenivorans (Kämpfer et al. 2008) Hördt et al. 2020
Brucella tritici (Lebuhn et al. 2000) Hördt et al. 2020
Brucella vulpis Scholz et al. 2016
Synonyms
Ochrobactrum Holmes et al. 1988
Brucella is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria,[2][3] named after David Bruce (1855–1931). They are small (0.5 to 0.7 by 0.6 to 1.5 μm), non-encapsulated, non-motile,[4] facultatively intracellular coccobacilli.
Brucella spp. are the cause of brucellosis, which is a zoonosis transmitted by ingesting contaminated food (such as unpasteurized milk products), direct contact with an infected animal, or inhalation of aerosols. Transmission from human to human, for example, through sexual intercourse, or from mother to child, is exceedingly rare, but possible.[5] Minimum infectious exposure is between 10 and 100 organisms.
The different species of Brucella are genetically very similar, although each has a slightly different host specificity. Hence, the National Center for Biotechnology Information taxonomy includes most Brucella species under B. melitensis.
The many names of brucellosis include (human disease/animal disease):
Malta fever/Bang's disease
Undulant fever/enzootic abortion
Mediterranean fever/epizootic abortion
Rock fever of Gibraltar/slinking of calves
Gastric fever/ram epididymitis
Contagious abortion/spontaneous abortion[6]
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