Brucellosis is the world's most widespread zoonosis, but also ranks as one of the seven
most neglected diseases, according to the World Health Organization. Additionally, it is …

Fifty years ago, bacteria in the genus Brucella were known to cause infertility and
reproductive losses. At that time, the genus was considered to contain only 3 species …

Two slow-growing, Gram-negative, non-motile, non-spore-forming, coccoid bacteria (strains
F60T and F965), isolated in Austria from mandibular lymph nodes of two red foxes (Vulpes …

An extended multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) scheme applicable to the Brucella, an
expanding genus that includes zoonotic pathogens that severely impact animal and human …

The genus Brucella, described by Meyer and Shaw in 1920, comprises bacterial pathogens
of veterinary and public health relevance. For 36 years, the genus came to include three …

Brucella spp. are zoonotic, facultative intracellular pathogens, which cause animal and
human disease. Animal disease results in abortion of fetuses; in humans, it manifests flu-like …

Summary The genus Brucella (Mayer and Shaw, 1920) currently consists of ten species with
validly published names. Within most species further differentiation into biovars exists …

Twenty-one small Gram-negative motile coccobacilli were isolated from 15 systemically
diseased African bullfrogs (Pyxicephalus edulis), and were initially identified as …

The genus Brucella currently comprises twelve species of facultative intracellular bacteria
with variable zoonotic potential. Six of them have been considered as classical, causing …

Phylogenetic sister clades Bartonella and Brucella within the order Rhizobiales present
some common biological characteristics as well as evident differences in adaptations to their …