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Bacterium
brucellaceae
Subclass of:
Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci; Alphaproteobacteria
Definitions related to brucellaceae:
  • A family of gram-negative coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria in the order Rhizobiales. They are obligate parasites chiefly of warm-blooded VERTEBRATES. Many are pathogenic.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A taxonomic family of rhizobial, symbiotic bacterium in the phylum Proteobacteria that are found in plant roots and perform nitrogen fixation.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Family of gram negative coccoid to rod shaped bacteria in the order Rhizobiales; they are obligate parasites chiefly of warm blooded vertebrates; many are pathogenic.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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