- Source: Brucella microti
Brucella microti is a species of bacteria first isolated from the common vole, Microtus arvalis. Its genome has been sequenced. It is Gram-negative, non-motile, non-spore-forming, and coccoid, with the type strain CCM 4915T (=BCCN 07-01T =CAPM 6434T). It is pathogenic.
References
Further reading
Jimenez de Bagues, M. P.; de Martino, A.; Quintana, J. F.; Alcaraz, A.; Pardo, J. (2011). "Course of Infection with the Emergent Pathogen Brucella microti in Immunocompromised Mice". Infection and Immunity. 79 (10): 3934–3939. doi:10.1128/IAI.05542-11. ISSN 0019-9567. PMC 3187271. PMID 21825066.
Scholz, Holger C., et al. "Isolation of Brucella microti from soil." Emerging infectious diseases 14.8 (2008): 1316.
External links
LPSN
"Brucella microti". The Encyclopedia of Life.
NOAA informative brochure
Type strain of Brucella microti at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
