Burkholderia

Translingual

Burkholderia cepacia

Burkholderia mallei, formerly called Burkholderia pseudomallei or Pseudomonas pseudomallei

Etymology

Named after American plant pathologist Walter H. Burkholder (1891–1983) +‎ -ia (taxonomic suffix).

Proper noun

Burkholderia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Burkholderiaceae – certain proteobacteria including species responsible for glanders and melioidosis.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria - class; Burkholderiales - order; Burkholderiaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Burkholderia cepacia - type species; Burkholderia mallei - selected other species

References

• Burkholderia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Burkholderia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Burkholderia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Burkholderia in the Genome Taxonomy Database