Burkholderia oklahomensis

Burkholderia oklahomensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Betaproteobacteria
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 United States.[3] Burkholderia oklahomensis is a bacterium which has been described in association with melioidosis.[4] Colonies of Burkholderia oklahomensis are white colored.[3]

References

  1. "Genus Burkholderia". List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  2. "Strain Passport - CDC C6786 Burkholderia oklahomensis". StrainInfo. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 Glass, M. B. (2006). "Burkholderia oklahomensis sp. nov., a Burkholderia pseudomallei-like species formerly known as the Oklahoma strain of Pseudomonas pseudomallei". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (9): 2171–6. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63991-0. PMID 16957116.
  4. "Empfehlung der ZKBS zur Risikobewertung von Burkholderia oklahomensis, Burkholderia ambifaria und Empedobacter haloabium" (PDF). Bundesamt fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit. December 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2016.


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