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Burkholderia

genus of bacteria
Taxon taxon Q135239
Burkholderia
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Summary

Burkholderia is a taxon[1].

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[2]
  • Named after: Walter H. Burkholder[3]
  • Parent taxon: Burkholderiaceae[4]
  • Taxon name: Burkholderia[5]
  • Taxonomic type: Burkholderia cepacia[6]
  • Gram staining: gram-negative bacteria[7]
  • Nomenclatural type of: Betaproteobacteria[8], Burkholderiales[9]
  • P14541: 1XPwVQ[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . 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.
  5. [6] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w 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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