Burkholderia oklahomensis

Burkholderia oklahomensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Beta Proteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Burkholderiaceae
Genus: Burkholderia
Species: B. oklahomensis
Binomial name
Burkholderia oklahomensis
Glass et al. 2006[1]
Type strain
ATCC BAA-1222, C6786, CCUG 51349, CDC 6786, CDC C6786, LMG 23618, NCTC 13387[2]

Burkholderia oklahomensis is a gram-negative, catalase and oxidase-positive aerobic, motile bacterium from the genus of Burkholderia and the family of Burkholderiaceae which was isolated 1973 from a wound infection caused by an farming accident in Oklahoma in the USA.[3][4] Burkholderia oklahomensis is a bacteria which has been described in association with melioidosis.[5] Colonies of Burkholderia oklahomensis are white colored.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/b/burkholderia.html
  2. ↑ http://www.straininfo.net/strains/839027
  3. ↑ http://ijsb.sgmjournals.org/content/56/9/2171.full
  4. ↑ http://genome.jgi.doe.gov/Burok_641736122/Burok_641736122.info.html
  5. ↑ http://www.bvl.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/06_Gentechnik/ZKBS/01_Allgemeine_Stellungnahmen_deutsch/02_Bakterien/Burkholderia_und_Empedobacter.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2
  6. ↑ http://ijsb.sgmjournals.org/content/56/9/2171.full

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, April 27, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.