Brucella inopinata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Order: | Rhizobiales |
Family: | Brucellaceae |
Genus: | Brucella |
Species: |
B. inopinata Scholz et al. 2010 |
Binomial name | |
Brucella inopinata |
Brucella inopinata is a Gram-negative, nonmotile, nonspore-forming coccoid bacterium, first isolated from a breast implant infection site. Its type strain is BO1T (=BCCN 09-01T =CPAM 6436T). It is a potential cause of brucellosis.