Bacterium
brucella melitensis
Subclass of:
Brucella
Definitions related to brucella melitensis:
  • A species of aerobic, Gram-negative, coccobacilli shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, catalase, oxidase and urease positive, reduces nitrates, does not produce hydrogen sulfide, grows in both basic fuchsin and thionine, and is negative for Tiblisi and Weybridge phage lysis. B. melitensis is found in goats and sheep and is pathogenic to these species as well as causes brucellosis in humans.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A species of the genus BRUCELLA whose natural hosts are sheep and goats. Other mammals, including humans, may be infected. In general, these organisms tend to be more virulent for laboratory animals than BRUCELLA ABORTUS and may cause fatal infections.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Brucella melitensis.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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