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Brucella ceti sp. nov. and Brucella pinnipedialis sp. nov. for Brucella strains with cetaceans and seals as their preferred hosts.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Nov 2007
Foster Geoffrey, Osterman Bjorn S, Godfroid Jacques, Jacques Isabelle, Cloeckaert Axel
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Small Gram-negative cocco-bacilli resembling Brucella strains have been reported from marine mammals since the mid-1990s. Their placement in the genus Brucella has been supported by the following characteristics: they are aerobic, non-motile and catalase-positive, do not produce acid from carbohydrates and have a DNA-DNA relatedness value of >77% with the six established members of the genus. Twenty-eight...
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