- Brucella melitensis
Taxobox | name = "Brucella melitensis"
image_width = 240px
image_caption = "B. melitensis" colonies
regnum =Bacteria
phylum =Proteobacteria
classis =Alpha Proteobacteria
ordo =Rhizobiales
familia =Brucellaceae
genus = "Brucella "
species = "B. melitensis"
binomial = "Brucella melitensis""Brucella melitensis" is one of the species of
bacteria that causebrucellosis , a disease affectingsheep ,cattle , and sometimeshuman s. It is primarily considered to be associated with caprine brucellosis, but is also found in sheep. It causes reproductive disease such asorchitis ,epididymitis ,mastitis , andabortion s. It iszoonotic , unlike "Brucella ovis ", causingMalta fever or localized brucellosis in humans.External links
* [http://patric.vbi.vt.edu/genome/overview.php?genomeId=10 "Brucella melitensis" 16M] (from [http://patric.vbi.vt.edu/ PATRIC] the PathoSystems Resource Integration Center, a [http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/ NIAID] Bioinformatics Resource Center)
* [http://www.tigr.org/tigr-scripts/CMR2/GenomePage3.spl?database=ntbm01 Brucella melitensis 16M genome information]
* [http://patric.vbi.vt.edu/organism/overview.php?organismId=1 Genome information on B. melitensis and other Brucella species]
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