Brucella

Brucella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Brucellaceae
Genus: Brucella
Meyer and Shaw 1920 (Approved Lists 1980)
Species[1]
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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  1. ^ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Brucella". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  2. ^ Ryan KJ, Ray CG, eds. (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed.). McGraw Hill. ISBN 978-0-8385-8529-0.
  3. ^ Lopez-Goni I (2012). O'Callaghan D (ed.). Brucella: Molecular Microbiology and Genomics. Caister Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-904455-93-6.
  4. ^ Ferooz J, Letesson JJ (December 2010). "Morphological analysis of the sheathed flagellum of Brucella melitensis". BMC Research Notes. 3: 333. doi:10.1186/1756-0500-3-333. PMC 3017070. PMID 21143933.
  5. ^ "Diagnosis Management of Acute Brucellosis in Primary Care" (PDF). Department of Health for Northern Ireland. Brucella Subgroup of the Northern Ireland Regional Zoonoses Group. August 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-13.
  6. ^ Mariana NX, Tatiane AP, Andréas BH, Renée MT, Renato LS (2010). "Pathogenesis of Brucella spp". The Open Veterinary Science Journal. 4: 109–118. doi:10.2174/1874318801004010109.

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