Burkholderiaceae

Burkholderiaceae

Burkholderia pseudomallei colonies on a blood agar plate.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Beta Proteobacteria
Order:	Burkholderiales
Family:	Burkholderiaceae
Genera
Burkholderia Chitinimonas Cupriavidus Lautropia Limnobacter Pandoraea Paucimonas Polynucleobacter Ralstonia Thermothrix

The Burkholderiaceae are a family of bacteria, included in the order Burkholderiales. It includes some pathogenic species, like Burkholderia mallei (Glanders) and Burkholderia pseudomallei (Melioidosis).^[1]

References

^ Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-24145-6.