Brucella ceti sp. nov. and Brucella pinnipedialis sp. nov. for Brucella strains with cetaceans and seals as their preferred hosts

Foster, Geoffrey; Osterman, Björn; Godfroid, Jacques; Jacques, Isabelle; Cloeckaert, Axel

doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65269-0

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Brucella ceti sp. nov. and Brucella pinnipedialis sp. nov. for Brucella strains with cetaceans and seals as their preferred hosts

Published in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY • Oct 31, 2007

Authors:

Geoffrey Foster

Björn Osterman

Jacques Godfroid

Abstract

Small Gram-negative cocco-bacilli resembling Brucella strains have been reported from marine mammals since the mid-1990s. Their placement in the genus Brucella has been supported by the following characteristics: they are aerobic, non-motile and catalase-positive, do not produce acid from carbohydra...

Subject

Biology

Brucella

Microbiology

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