''Brucella anthropi'' is a bacterium.
The type strain is strain CIP 82.115 (= CIP 14970 = NCTC 12168 = LMG 3331). ''O. anthropi'' strains are rod-shaped, aerobic,
gram-negative
Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wall ...
, non-pigmented and
motile
Motility is the ability of an organism to move independently, using metabolic energy.
Definitions
Motility, the ability of an organism to move independently, using metabolic energy, can be contrasted with sessility, the state of organisms th ...
by means of peritrichous
flagella
A flagellum (; ) is a hairlike appendage that protrudes from certain plant and animal sperm cells, and from a wide range of microorganisms to provide motility. Many protists with flagella are termed as flagellates.
A microorganism may have f ...
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They are emerging as major opportunistic pathogens.
References
Further reading
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*Gascón, F., et al. "Neumonía extrahospitalaria con bacteriemia por ''Ochrobactrum anthropi'' en un niño inmunocompetente." ''Revista de Diagnóstico Biológico'' 51.2 (2002): 69–70.
External links
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Type strain of ''Ochrobactrum anthropi'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Hyphomicrobiales
Bacteria described in 1988
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