Burkholderia multivorans

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

Burkholderia multivorans is a species in the 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

  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.


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