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Despite marked phenotypical differences between the two groups,\n            <jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic>\n            species display a high degree of genome identity, including genes encoding reductases involved in the denitrification pathway, a respiratory process able to reduce nitrate to nitrogen under anoxic conditions.\n            <jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic>\n            spp. have always been considered as strictly aerobic pathogens. Our study, however, describes for the first time that atypical\n            <jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic>\n            spp. grow well under anoxia, but in a strictly nitrate-dependent manner, whereas classical species show a heterogeneous behavior. The rate of anaerobic growth of the atypical species\n            <jats:italic>Brucella microti<\/jats:italic>\n            was dependent on nitrate concentration, highlighting a more efficient denitrification pathway with rapid consumption of intermediate nitrite, whereas the classical species\n            <jats:italic>Brucella suis<\/jats:italic>\n            exhibited lower, nitrate concentration-independent growth coupled with nitrite accumulation. Transcriptional studies performed under anoxic conditions revealed a higher expression of genes participating in the last three denitrification steps in\n            <jats:italic>B. microti<\/jats:italic>\n            , as compared to\n            <jats:italic>B. suis<\/jats:italic>\n            , which correlates with the rapid and efficient consumption of nitrite in this atypical species and its rapid growth.\n          <\/jats:p>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>IMPORTANCE<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>\n              Respiration is a fundamental and complex process that bacteria use to produce energy. Despite aerobic respiration being the most common, some bacteria make use of a mode of respiration in the absence of oxygen, called anaerobic respiration, which can yield advantages in adaptation to various environmental conditions. Denitrification is part of this respiratory process ensuring higher respiratory flexibility under oxygen depletion. Here, we report for the first time the evidence of anaerobic growth of\n              <jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic>\n              spp. under denitrifying conditions, which implies that this genus should be reconsidered as facultative anaerobic. Our study further describes that efficient denitrification is not equally found within the\n              <jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic>\n              genus, with atypical species showing a greater ability to denitrify, correlated with higher expression of the genes involved, as compared to classical species.\n            <\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1128\/spectrum.02767-23","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,26]],"date-time":"2023-10-26T13:05:06Z","timestamp":1698325506000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/asmj-crossmark-policy-page","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["<i>Brucella<\/i>\n            spp. are facultative anaerobic bacteria under denitrifying conditions"],"prefix":"10.1128","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3395-4113","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Luca","family":"Freddi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de 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