| Brucella inopinata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhizobiales |
| Family: | Brucellaceae |
| Genus: | Brucella |
| Species: |
B. inopinata Scholz et al. 2010 |
| Binomial name | |
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Brucella inopinata |
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Brucella inopinata is a Gram-negative, nonmotile, nonspore-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.