Brucella inopinata

Brucella inopinata
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Brucellaceae
Genus: Brucella
Species:
B. inopinata
Binomial name
Brucella inopinata
Scholz et al. 2010
Type strain
BO1T (=BCCN 09-01T =CPAM 6436T)

Brucella inopinata is a Gram-negative, nonmotile, non-spore-forming coccoid bacterium, first isolated from a breast implant infection site. Its type strain is BO1T (=BCCN 09-01T =CPAM 6436T). It is a potential cause of brucellosis.