Paraburkholderia elongata

Paraburkholderia elongata is a Gram-negative bacterium belonging to the genus Paraburkholderia. The type strain is P. elongata 5N^T, which was isolated from the Arnot research forest, near Van Etten, New York, using agar medium supplemented with soil-extracted, solubilized organic matter.[1] The same isolation effort and methodology led to the isolation of P. solitsugae 1N^T. P. elongata was named after its tendency to form elongated, filamentous cells when grown in concentrated growth media.[2] Phosphate concentration was found to regulate the conditional filamentation of P. elongata, resulting from the accumulation of intracellular polyphosphate.[3]

Paraburkholderia elongata
A scanning electron micrograph of Paraburkholderia elongata cells in filamentous form grown in full strength tryptic soy broth and displayed against a backdrop of cellulose fibres
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Burkholderiales
Family:	Burkholderiaceae
Genus:	Paraburkholderia
Species:	P. elongata
Binomial name
Paraburkholderia elongata Wilhelm et al. 2020