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Species Brucella vulpis
Name: Brucella vulpis Scholz et al. 2016
Etymology: vul’pis. L. gen. fem. n. vulpis, of a fox
Pronunciation, gender: WUL-pis, feminine
Type strain: BCCN 9-2; DSM 101715; F60
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
FR819659
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Scholz HC, Revilla-Fernandez S, Al Dahouk S, Hammerl JA, Zygmunt MS, Cloeckaert A, Koylass M, Whatmore AM, Blom J, Vergnaud G, et al. Brucella vulpis sp. nov., isolated from mandibular lymph nodes of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2090-2098. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2767-2768.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
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🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020).
Publication:
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
Parent taxon: Brucella Meyer and Shaw 1920 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Scholz HC, Revilla-Fernandez S, Al Dahouk S, Hammerl JA, Zygmunt MS, Cloeckaert A, Koylass M, Whatmore AM, Blom J, Vergnaud G, et al. Brucella vulpis sp. nov., isolated from mandibular lymph nodes of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2090-2098.
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Record number: 794144
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