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Burkholderia

genus of bacteria
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Burkholderia

Summary

Burkholderia is a taxon[1]. Burkholderia has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Burkholderia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Burkholderia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Walter H. Burkholder is named after Burkholderia[5].
  • Burkholderia belongs to the parent taxon Burkholderiaceae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Burkholderia is Burkholderia[7].
  • Burkholderia's Commons category is recorded as Burkholderia[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Burkholderia is Burkholderia cepacia[9].
  • Burkholderia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Burkholderia[10].
  • Burkholderia's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/burkholderia[11].
  • Burkholderia's Gram staining is recorded as gram-negative bacteria[12].
  • Burkholderia's nomenclatural type of is recorded as Betaproteobacteria[13].
  • Burkholderia's nomenclatural type of is recorded as Burkholderiales[14].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Burkholderia is Burkholderia[7]. Burkholderia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Burkholderia is classified within Burkholderiaceae[6]. The taxonomic type of Burkholderia is Burkholderia cepacia[9].

Discovery and Description

Walter H. Burkholder is named after Burkholderia[5].

Identifiers

Burkholderia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 357005[15]. Burkholderia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 32008[16]. Burkholderia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 97620[17]. Burkholderia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3219916[18]. Burkholderia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 956867[19].

Why It Matters

Burkholderia has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Burkholderia is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Proposal of Burkholderia gen. nov. and Transfer of Seven Species of the Genus Pseudomonas Homology Group II to the New Genus, with the Type Species Burkholderia cepacia (Palleroni and Holmes 1981) comb. nov. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Burkholderia
    Parent taxon → Burkholderiaceae
    Named after → Walter H. Burkholder
    Taxonomic type → Burkholderia cepacia
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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