Name DOI
10.1601/nm.1380
Name
 Meyer and Shaw 1920 emend. Brinley-Morgan and McCullough 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
Meyer and Shaw 1920 emend. Brinley-Morgan and McCullough 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
genus
Nomenclatural Type
(designated species)
 (Hughes 1893) Meyer and Shaw 1920 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020
Taxonomy
Proper Form
Brucella Meyer and Shaw 1920 emend. Brinley-Morgan and McCullough 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History
The genus Brucella was originally proposed by Meyer and Shaw 1920. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. Brinley-Morgan and McCullough published an emended description of this genus in 1974. Hördt et al. transferred the members of Holmes et al. 1988 into this genus in 2020.
Citation
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Name Abstract for Brucella Meyer and Shaw 1920 emend. Brinley-Morgan and McCullough 1974 (Approved Lists 1980).. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.1380.
Source File
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References

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  2. Meyer KF, Shaw EB. A comparison of the morphologic, cultural and biochemical characteristics of B. abortus and B. melitensis from cattle. Studies on the genus Brucella nov. gen. J Infect Dis 1920; 27:173-184.
  3. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
  4. Hördt A, García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Weinhold L-M, Gronow S, Kyrpides N, Woyke T, Schleuning M, Göker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front. Microbio. 2020; 11:468. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468 [PubMed].