Taxonomy ID: 235

Rank: species

Scientific name: Brucella abortus

Authority: "Bacterium abortus" Schmidt in Schmidt and Weis 1901; Brucella abortus (Schmidt 1901) Meyer and Shaw 1920 (Approved Lists 1980)

Equivalent name: Brucella melitensis biovar Abortus; "Bacillus of abortion" Bang 1897

Synonym: Bacterium abortus