''Brucella anthropi'' is a bacterium.
Before 2020 it was listed as ''Ochrobactrum anthropi''. This change in nomenclature has been disputed. The type strain is strain CIP 82.115 (= CIP 14970 = NCTC 12168 = LMG 3331). ''B. anthropi'' strains are rod-shaped, aerobic,
gram-negative
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, non-pigmented and
motile
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Motility is observed in animals, mi ...
by means of peritrichous
flagella
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.
One strain is able to break down
Piracetam
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.
They are emerging as major opportunistic pathogens.
References
Further reading
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*Gascón, F., et al. "Neumonía extrahospitalaria con bacteriemia por ''Ochrobactrum anthropi'' en un niño inmunocompetente." ''Revista de Diagnóstico Biológico'' 51.2 (2002): 69–70.
External links
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Type strain of ''Ochrobactrum anthropi'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Hyphomicrobiales
Bacteria described in 1988
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