Brucellaceae

{{Short description|Family of bacteria}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Brucella spp.JPG

| image_caption = Brucella spp.

| taxon = Brucellaceae

| authority = Breed et al. 1957

| subdivision_ranks = Genera{{cite web|vauthors=Euzéby JP, Parte AC |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/family/brucellaceae |title=Brucellaceae |access-date=May 15, 2021 |publisher=List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)}}{{cite journal|title=Brucellaceae|website=www.uniprot.org|url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/118882|language=en}}

| subdivision =

• Brucella Meyer and Shaw 1920 (Approved Lists 1980)
• Daeguia Yoon et al. 2008
• Falsochrobactrum Kämpfer et al. 2013
• "Noguchia" Olitsky et al. 1934{{cite journal |vauthors=Olitsky PK, Syverton JT, Tyler JR | title = Studies on the Etiology of Spontaneous Conjunctival Folliculosis of Rabbits: II. Bacteriological Investigations | journal = J Exp Med | year = 1934 | volume = 60 | issue = 3 | pages = 375–384 | pmid = 19870308 | pmc = 2132420 | doi = 10.1084/jem.60.3.375 | url = https://rupress.org/jem/article/60/3/375/3348/STUDIES-ON-THE-ETIOLOGY-OF-SPONTANEOUS}}

• Paenochrobactrum Kämpfer et al. 2010
• Pseudochrobactrum Kämpfer et al. 2006

}}

The Brucellaceae are a family of the Gram-negative Hyphomicrobiales. They are named after Sir David Bruce, a Scottish microbiologist. They are aerobic chemoorganotrophes.Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer. {{ISBN|978-0-387-24145-6}}. The family comprises pathogen and soil bacteria