Brucella cytisi

Brucella cytisi
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Brucellaceae
Genus: Brucella
Species:
B. cytisi
Binomial name
Brucella cytisi
(Zurdo-Piñeiro et al. 2007) Hördt et al. 2020
Type strain
ESC1T (=LMG 22713T=CECT 7172T)
Synonyms
  • Ochrobactrum cytisi Zurdo-Piñeiro et al. 2007

Brucella cytisi is a non-rhizobial root-nodulating bacterium. It nodulates Cytisus scoparius, hence its name. Strain ESC1T (=LMG 22713T=CECT 7172T) is the type strain.