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Burkholderia

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Burkholderia /Burk·hol·de·ria/ (burk?hol-der´e-ah) a genus of gram-negative bacteria of the family Pseudomonadaceae, comprising pathogens formerly classified in the genus Pseudomonas. B. cepa´cia (the type species) is an opportunistic pathogen, causing various nosocomial infections, and B. pseudomal´lei causes melioidosis.
Burkholderia
a genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria.
Burkholderia mallei
the causative agent of glanders, a disease of horses that is communicable to humans. Previously called Pseudomonas mallei.
Burkholderia pseudomallei
the causative agent of melioidosis, a disease of rodents occasionally transmitted to all domestic animal species and humans. Formerly called Pseudomonas pseudomallei.
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At this point misidentification was suspected, and the isolate, which had a characteristic colony form on Ashdown's Medium, microscopic appearance (Figure, panel A), API20NE profile (1556574), and fatty acid profile, was identified as Burkholderia pseudomallei, the etiologic agent of melioidosis.
Misdiagnosing melioidosis by Handy, Rupert / Emerging Infectious Diseases
However, in a letter published in the 4 April 2005 issue of The Medical Journal of Australia, Anthony Allworth, director of infectious diseases at Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, describes culturing Burkholderia pseudomallei from two tsunami lung patients in a land-based hospital and Nocardia species from a third.
In disaster's wake: Tsunami lung by Potera, Carol / Environmental Health Perspectives
The adaptable Burkholderia cepacia is inspiring such a fuss that the American Phytopathological Society is devoting a symposium to the organism Nov.
Is natural pesticide too hard on people? by Milius, S. / Science News
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