Burkholderia gladioli

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Burkholderia gladioli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Beta Proteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Burkholderiaceae
Genus: Burkholderia
Species: B. gladioli
Binomial name
Burkholderia gladioli
(Zopf 1885)
Yabuuchi et al. 1993

Burkholderia gladioli is a soil bacteria that includes the former Burkholderia cocovenenans (which was previously classified as Pseudomonas cocovenenans) and is responsible for food poisoning, especially in China. It is known to produce bongkrekic acid and toxoflavin [1].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Zhao, et al. "Phylogenetic evidence for the transfer of Pseudomonas cocovenenans (van Damme et al. 1960) to the genus Burkholderia as Burkholderia cocovenenans (van Damme et al. 1960) comb. nov." Int J Syst Bacteriol. 1995 Jul; 45(3):600-3. PMID 8590691
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