Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.1379

Name

Brucellaceae Breed et al. 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Taxonomic Rank

family

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
order	Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020

Members

genus	Brucella Meyer and Shaw 1920 emend. Brinley-Morgan and McCullough 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
genus	Daeguia Yoon et al. 2008
genus	Falsochrobactrum Kämpfer et al. 2013 emend. Sun et al. 2019
genus	Mycoplana Gray and Thornton 1928 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Urakami et al. 1990
genus	Ochrobactrum Holmes et al. 1988
genus	Paenochrobactrum Kämpfer et al. 2010
genus	Pseudochrobactrum Kämpfer et al. 2006

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this family within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Proteobacteria (sic) Garrity et al. 2021
class Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006
order Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020
family Brucellaceae Breed et al. 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the family Brucellaceae Breed et al. 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.1379.

Source File

10.1601/tx.1379.xml


This information was last reviewed on March 24, 2020.

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