Brucella ceti

Taxonomy ID: 120577 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:120577)

current name

Brucella ceti  Foster et al. 2007

type strain of Brucella ceti: BCCN : 94-74 , NCTC : 12891 , personal : B1/94

includes:

Brucella sp. B1/94

Brucella sp. B14/94

equivalent:

Brucella melitensis biovar Ceti

NCBI BLAST name: a-proteobacteria
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Other names:

heterotypic synonym

"Brucella cetaceae"  Cloeckaert et al. 2001 , effective name  ¹⁾

in-part

Brucella maris

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Pseudomonadota; Alphaproteobacteria; Hyphomicrobiales; Brucellaceae; Brucella/Ochrobactrum group; Brucella; Brucella melitensis group

Notes:

• 1) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).

Comments and References:

Cloeckaert A et al. (2001) Cloeckaert, A., Verger, J.M., Grayon, M., Paquet, J.Y., Garin-Bastuji, B., Foster, G., and Godfroid, J. "Classification of Brucella spp. isolated from marine mammals by DNA polymorphism at the omp2 locus." Microbes Infect. (2001) 3:729-738.

Foster G et al. (2007) Foster, G., Osterman, B.S., Godfroid, J., Jacques, I., and Cloeckaert, A. "Brucella ceti sp. nov. and Brucella pinnipedialis sp. nov. for Brucella strains with cetaceans and seals as their preferred hosts." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2007) 57:2688-2693.

Jahans KL et al. (1997) Jahans, K.L., Foster, G., and Broughton, E.S. "The characterisation of Brucella strains isolated from marine mammals." Vet. Microbiol. (1997) 57:373-382.