Burkholderiales

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Burkholderiales
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Beta Proteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Families

Alcaligenaceae
Burkholderiaceae
Comamonadaceae
Oxalobacteraceae

The Burkholderiales are an order of proteobacteria. They include several pathogenic bacteria, including species of Burkholderia and Bordetella. They also include Oxalobacter and related genera, which are unusual in using oxalic acid as their source of carbon.

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