''Brucella microti'' is a species of bacteria first isolated from the common vole, ''
Microtus arvalis
The common vole (''Microtus arvalis'') is a European rodent.
Distribution and habitat
The common vole is hardly restricted in means of distribution and habitat and inhabits large areas of Eurasia but, apart from the Orkney vole, not the Bri ...
''. Its genome has been sequenced.
It is
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 wa ...
, non-
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 ...
, non-
spore-forming, and
coccoid, with the type strain CCM 4915
T (=BCCN 07-01
T =CAPM 6434
T).
It is
pathogenic.
References
Further reading
*
*Scholz, Holger C., et al. "Isolation of Brucella microti from soil." Emerging infectious diseases 14.8 (2008): 1316.
External links
LPSN*
NOAA informative brochureType strain of ''Brucella microti'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Hyphomicrobiales
Bacteria described in 2008
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