Burkholderia fungorum

Burkholderia fungorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Burkholderiaceae
Genus: Burkholderia
Species: B. fungorum
Binomial name
Burkholderia fungorum
Coenye et al. 2001

Burkholderia fungorum is a species of proteobacteria.[1] Some of its strains can use uranium for their growth and convert U(VI) to U(IV).[2]

References

  1. Burkohlderia J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
  2. Koribanics, N. M.; Tuorto, S. J.; Lopez-Chiaffarelli, N; McGuinness, L. R.; Häggblom, M. M.; Williams, K. H.; Long, P. E.; Kerkhof, L. J. (2015). "Spatial Distribution of an Uranium-Respiring Betaproteobacterium at the Rifle, CO Field Research Site". PLoS ONE 10 (4): e0123378. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123378. PMC 4395306. PMID 25874721.



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