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The Genus Brochothrix

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The Prokaryotes

The genus Brochothrix contains Gram-positive, nonsporeforming, nonmotile, catalase-positive, facultatively anaerobic, regular, rod-shaped bacteria that show characteristic changes in cell morphology during growth. The genus was proposed by Sneath and Jones (1976) for some meat spoilage organisms, previously designated “Microbacterium thermosphactum” (McLean and Sulzbacher, 1953). The genus Brochothrix contains the type species B. thermosphacta (see Sneath and Jones, 1986) and B. campestris Talon et al. (1988), described for isolates from soil and grass. As most of the scientific interests have focused on B. thermosphacta because of its association with off-odor development in meats, especially in prepacked products held at refrigeration temperatures, most of the information on the genus is consequently derived from studies on this species. There is no evidence that any Brochothrix strain is pathogenic to humans or animals. Neither species has been exploited in industrial processes.

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  1. Erko Stackebrandt
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  1. Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Box 196, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0312, USA

    Martin Dworkin Professor Dr. (Editor-in-Chief) (Editor-in-Chief)

  2. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University Medical School, 299 Campus Drive, Fairchild, D039, Stanford, CA, 94305-5124, USA

    Stanley Falkow

  3. Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, 69978, Israel

    Eugene Rosenberg

  4. Department of Microbiology, Technical University Munich, 80290, Munich, Germany

    Karl-Heinz Schleifer

  5. DSMZ- German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Mascheroder Weg 1b, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany

    Erko Stackebrandt

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Stackebrandt, E., Jones, D. (2006). The Genus Brochothrix . In: Dworkin, M., Falkow, S., Rosenberg, E., Schleifer, KH., Stackebrandt, E. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30744-3_12

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