Brucellaceae
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The Brucellaceae are a family of the Gram-negative Hyphomicrobiales. They are named after Sir David Bruce, a Scottish microbiologist. They are aerobic chemoorganotrophes.<ref name=Bergey>Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer. Template:ISBN.</ref> The family comprises pathogen and soil bacteria<ref name=Bergey />
PhylogenyEdit
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN).<ref name="LPSN"/> The phylogeny is based on whole-genome analysis.<ref name="Hördt">Template:Cite journal</ref>