Burkholderia multivorans

Burkholderia multivorans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Beta Proteobacteria
Order:	Burkholderiales
Family:	Burkholderiaceae
Genus:	Burkholderia
Species:	B. multivorans
Binomial name
	Burkholderia multivorans; Vandamme et al. 1997

Burkholderia multivorans is a species in Phylum proteobacteria. The cells are rod-shaped. It is known to cause human disease, such as colonisation of the lung in cystic fibrosis.[1]

References

Chu, Karen K.; MacDonald, Kelly L.; Davidson, Donald J.; Speert, David P. (October 2004). "Persistence of Burkholderia multivorans within the Pulmonary Macrophage in the Murine Lung". Infect Immun. 72 (10): 6142–7. doi:10.1128/IAI.72.10.6142-6147.2004. PMC 517555. PMID 15385520.

External links

Burkholderia J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
"Burkholderia multivorans". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. 87883.
Type strain of Burkholderia multivorans at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

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[1] Chu, Karen K.; MacDonald, Kelly L.; Davidson, Donald J.; Speert, David P. (October 2004). "Persistence of Burkholderia multivorans within the Pulmonary Macrophage in the Murine Lung". Infect Immun. 72 (10): 6142–7. doi:10.1128/IAI.72.10.6142-6147.2004. PMC 517555. PMID 15385520.