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Genus of bacteria

Brochothrix
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Caryophanales
Family: Listeriaceae
Genus: Brochothrix
Sneath and Jones 1976
Species

B. thermosphacta
B. campestris

Brochothrix is genus of Gram-positive, nonmotile, catalase-positive, facultatively anaerobic bacteria that are nonmotile and form regular rod-shaped cells. The name Brochothrix is derived from the Greek noun brochos meaning loop and the Greek noun thrix meaning thread, from exponential-phase cultures which often show rods occurring in long, kinked, filamentous-like chains which bend and loop to give characteristic knotted masses. The genus is mostly associated with spoilage of high value food, such as meat and fish, caused by off-odor development. The type species is B. thermosphacta and the only other species I the genus is B. campestris . There is no evidence that any Brochothrix strain is pathogenic to humans or animals.

History

The first Brochothrix species, Brochothrix thermosphacta, was isolated from pork sausage in 1953. However, the genus was not recognized as distinct until 1976.

References

  1. ^ "Genus: Brochothrix". LPSN.DSMZ.de.
  2. ^ Sneath PHA; Jones D (1 April 1976). "Brochothrix, a New Genus Tentatively Placed in the Family Lactobacillaceae". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 26 (2): 102–104. doi:10.1099/00207713-26-2-102.
  3. Nowak A; Rygala A; Oltuszak-Walczak E; Walczak P (14 November 2011). "The prevalence and some metabolic traits of Brochothrix thermosphacta in meat and meat products packaged in different ways". Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 92 (6): 1304–1310. doi:10.1002/jsfa.4701. PMID 22083437.
  4. Mclean RA; Sulzbacher WL (1 April 1953). "Microbacterium thermosphactum, spec: nov.; a nonheat resistant bacterium from fresh pork sausage". Journal of Bacteriology. 65 (4): 428–43. doi:10.1128/jb.65.4.428-433.1953. PMC 169546. PMID 13069397.

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