Brucella microti
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| Brucella microti | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
| Family: | Brucellaceae |
| Genus: | Brucella |
| Species: | B. microti |
| Binomial name | |
| Brucella microti Scholz et al. 2008 | |
Brucella microti is a species of bacteria first isolated from the common vole, Microtus arvalis. Its genome has been sequenced.[1] It is Gram-negative, non-motile, non-spore-forming, and coccoid, with the type strain CCM 4915T (=BCCN 07-01T =CAPM 6434T).[2] It is pathogenic.[3]