brucella vulpis brucella vulpis brucella vulpis is a gram-negative, non-spore-forming and non-motile bacteria from the family of brucella which has been isolated from the mandibular lymph nodes of foxes (vulpes vulpes). brucella vulpis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: brucellaceae genus: brucella species: b. vulpis binomial name brucella vulpisscholz et al. 2016 type strain bccn 09-2, f60, f965, dsm 101715