Brucella inopinata
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| Brucella inopinata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
| Family: | Brucellaceae |
| Genus: | Brucella |
| Species: | B. inopinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Brucella inopinata Scholz et al. 2010 | |
| Type strain | |
| BO1T (=BCCN 09-01T =CPAM 6436T) | |
Brucella inopinata is a Gram-negative, nonmotile, non-spore-forming coccoid bacterium, first isolated from a breast implant infection site. Its type strain is BO1T (=BCCN 09-01T =CPAM 6436T).[1] It is a potential cause of brucellosis.