PROTEOBACTERIA >> Beta >> Burkholderia >> Burkholderia oklahomensis
BURKHOLDERIA OKLAHOMENSIS
| Class: | Beta Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Burkholderia |
| Species: | Burkholderia oklahomensis |
| Description: | Burkholderia oklahomensis is a gram-negative, catalase and oxidase-positive aerobic, motile bacterium from the genus of Burkholderia and the family of Burkholderiaceae which was isolated 1973 from a wound infection caused by an farming accident in Oklahoma in the United States. Burkholderia oklahomensis is a bacterium which has been described in association with melioidosis. Colonies of Burkholderia oklahomensis are white colored. Burkholderia oklahomensis, formerly Burkholderia pseudomallei has been isolated from wounds associated with soil contamination. This organism is very similar to B. pseudomallei, however multilocus sequence typing, 16S rDNA sequencing and DNA-DNA hybridization has identified it as a novel species. |
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| Source: | Isolated 1973 from a wound infection caused by an farming accident in Oklahoma in the United States. |
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| Genbank: | DQ108388.(16S rRNA gene) [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
| Size (Mb): | 7.1 |
| GC %: | 67 |
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| Reference: | GLASS (M.B.), STEIGERWALT (A.G.), JORDAN (J.G.), WILKINS (P.P.) and GEE (J.E.): Burkholderia oklahomensis sp. nov., a Burkholderia pseudomallei-like species formerly known as the Oklahoma strain of Pseudomonas pseudomallei. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2171-2176. |
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