Burkholderiales

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Burkholderiales
Burkholderia pseudomallei 01.jpg
Burkholderia pseudomallei colonies on a blood agar plate.
Scientific classification
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Burkholderiales
Families

Alcaligenaceae
Burkholderiaceae
Comamonadaceae
Oxalobacteraceae
Ralstoniaceae
Sutterellaceae

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The Burkholderiales are an order of Proteobacteria.[1] Like all Proteobacteria, they are Gram-negative. They include several pathogenic bacteria, including species of Burkholderia, Bordetella, and Ralstonia.[1] They also include Oxalobacter and related genera, which are unusual in using oxalic acid as their source of carbon.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Vol. 2: The Proteobacteria Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteabacteria ISBN 0-387-24145-0

External links

  • Burkholderiales J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature


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