Brevundimonas
| Brevundimonas | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Caulobacterales |
| Family: | Caulobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Brevundimonas Segers et al. 1994 |
| Species[1] | |
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B. abyssalis | |
Brevundimonas is a genus of bacteria. They are Gram-negative, non-fermenting, aerobic bacilli. Brevundimonas species are ubiquitous in the environment but are rarely isolated from clinical samples,[2] although numbers are increasing.[3] Two species of Brevundimonas originally classified under the genus Pseudomonas have been re-classified by Seger et al. as Brevundimonas vesicularis and Brevundimonas diminuta.[4]
Etymology
The name Brevundimonas derives from: Latin adjective brevis, short; Latin feminine gender noun unda, a wave; Latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς), nominally meaning "a unit", but in effect meaning a bacterium; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Brevundimonas, bacteria with short wavelength flagella.[1]
Members of the genus Brevundimonas can be referred to as brevundimonad (viz. Trivialisation of names).
References
- 1 2 Brevundimonas in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
- ↑ Lee MR, Huang YT, Liao CH, Chuang TY, Lin CK, Lee SW, et al. (October 2011). "Bacteremia caused by Brevundimonas species at a tertiary care hospital in Taiwan, 2000-2010". European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 30 (10): 1185–91. doi:10.1007/s10096-011-1210-5. PMID 21461849.
- ↑ Ryan MP, Pembroke JT (January 2018). "Brevundimonas spp: Emerging global opportunistic pathogens". Virulence. 9 (1): 480–493. doi:10.1080/21505594.2017.1419116. PMC 5955483. PMID 29484917.
- ↑ Panasiti V, Devirgiliis V, Mancini M, Curzio M, Rossi M, Fioriti D, et al. (April 2008). "A cutaneous infection caused by Brevundimonas vesicularis: a case report". International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology. 21 (2): 457–61. doi:10.1177/039463200802100226. PMID 18547490.