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Species/Subspecies: Brucella canis
Category: Zoonotic
Etymology: Genus name: named after Sir David Bruce, who first identified the organism, which causes brucellosis.
Species epithet: of dog.
Significance:  [Important]   
Alternative Species Name(s):Brucella melitensis biovar Canis
Taxonomy:
Phylum
Pseudomonadota
Class
Alphaproteobacteria
Order
Hyphomicrobiales
Family
Brucellaceae 
Genus
Brucella
Type Strain: RM6/66 = ATCC 23365 = NCTC 10854
Macromorphology (smell):
Brucella canis  Brucella canis  Brucella canis  
Brucella canis  
Pale honey coloured transparant colonies, which do not give hemolysis on blood agar.
Micromorphology: Non-motile coccus or short rod
Gram +/Gram -:
Brucella canis  
G-
Metabolism: Aerobic
Catalase/Oxidase:+/V
Other Enzymes: Tryptophanase -, Urease +
Biochemical Tests: H2S -, Voges-Proskauer -
Fermentation of carbohydrates: Most Brucella spp. do not produce acid by fermentation of carbohydrates.
Spec. Char.:
Special Media:
Disease:
HostsDiseaseClinical picture
DogsBrucellosisAbortion in the last weeks of gestation, stilborn puppies, decreased fertility. Epididymitis and infertility in male dogs.
Can also cause symptoms outside the reproductive organs such as lymphadenitis, discospondylitis and uveitis
Asymptomatic carriers occur
HumansBrucellosisUndulant fever, mostly mild symptoms
Genome Sequence:
Acc-noStrainSize (bp)Genome
NC_010103 and NC_010104 ATCC 23365T 3 312 769 2c + 0 
Chrom. I (2 105 969 bp) and chrom. II (1 206 800 bp), respectively.

16S rRNA Seq.:
Acc-noStrainNumber of NTOperon
L37584 (T) 1 418 
Two rRNA genes in chrom. I and one in chrom. II.

Taxonomy/phylogeny:
Brucella canis  
Twenty-five species have been described within genus Brucella and this genus is closely related to genus Bartonella. From a phylogenetic point of view, B. abortus, B. canis, B. ceti, B. melitensis, B. neotome, B. ovis, B. pinnipedialis and B. suis represent the same species (B. melitensis), but due to different host specificities, they have been affiliated with different species.
Updated:2023-03-22

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