Burkholderiaceae

Burkholderiaceae

Burkholderia pseudomallei colonies on a blood agar plate.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Burkholderiales
Family:	Burkholderiaceae
Genera
Burkholderia Chitinimonas Cupriavidus Lautropia Limnobacter Pandoraea Paucimonas Polynucleobacter Thermothrix

The Burkholderiaceae are a family of bacteria included in the order Burkholderiales.^[1] It includes some pathogenic species, such as Burkholderia mallei (glanders) and Burkholderia pseudomallei (melioidosis).^[1]

References

1 2 Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-24145-6.

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