Brucella microti sp. nov., isolated from the common vole Microtus arvalis.

• Authors: SCHOLZ Holger; HUBÁLEK Zdeněk; SEDLÁČEK Ivo; VERGNAUD Gilles; TOMASO Herbert; AL DAHOUK Sascha; MELZER Falk; KÄMPFER Peter; NEUBAUER Heinrich; CLOECKAERT Axel; MAQUART Marianne; ZYGMUNT Michel S.; WHATMORE Adrian M.; FALSEN Enevold; BAHN Peter; GÖLLNER Cornelia; PFEFFER Martin; HUBERT Birgit; BUSSE Hans-Jürgen; NÖCKLER Karsten
• Year of publication: 2008
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Microbiology, virology
• Keywords: Brucella; polyphasic taxonomy
• Description: Two strains (CCM 4915 and CCM 4916) isolated from clinical specimens of the common vole Microtus arvalis were subjected to a polyphasic study. Isolates CCM 4915 and CCM 4916 could be clearly distinguished from all known Brucella species by means of both their phenotypic and molecular properties, and therefore represent a novel species within the genus Brucella, for which the name Brucella microti sp. nov. is proposed.

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