Burkholderiaceae

Burkholderiaceae
	Burkholderia pseudomallei colonies on a blood agar plate.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Burkholderiales
Family:	Burkholderiaceae
Genera
	Burkholderia; Caballeronia[1]; Chitinimonas; Cupriavidus; Lautropia; Limnobacter; Pandoraea; Paraburkholderia[2]; Paucimonas; Polynucleobacter; Robbsia[3]; Ralstonia; Thermothrix; Wautersia;

The Burkholderiaceae are a family of bacteria included in the order Burkholderiales.[4] It includes some pathogenic species, such as Burkholderia mallei (glanders) and Burkholderia pseudomallei (melioidosis).[4]

References

Dobritsa, AP; Samadpour, M (August 2016). "Transfer of eleven species of the genus Burkholderia to the genus Paraburkholderia and proposal of Caballeronia gen. nov. to accommodate twelve species of the genera Burkholderia and Paraburkholderia". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66 (8): 2836–46. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001065. PMID 27054671.
Sawana A, Adeolu M, Gupta RS. (2014). "Molecular signatures and phylogenomic analysis of the genus Burkholderia: Proposal for division of this genus into the emended genus Burkholderia containing pathogenic organisms and a new genus Paraburkholderia gen. nov. harboring environmental species". Front. Genet. 5: 429. doi:10.3389/fgene.2014.00429. PMC 4271702.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
Lopes-Santos L, Castro DBA, Ferreira-Tonin M, Correa DBA, Weir BS, Park D, Ottoboni LMM, Neto JR, Destefano SAL. (2017). "Reassessment of the taxonomic position of Burkholderia andropogonis and description of Robbsia andropogonis gen. nov., comb. nov". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 110: 727–736. doi:10.1007/s10482-017-0842-6.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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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