Burkholderia thailandensis

Taxobox
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name = "Burkholderia thailandensis"


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regnum = Bacteria
phylum = Proteobacteria
classis = Beta Proteobacteria
ordo = Burkholderiales
familia = Burkholderiaceae
genus = Burkholderia
species = "B. thailandensis"
binomial = "Burkholderia thailandensis"
binomial_authority = Brett "et al". 1998 [cite journal | author=Brett P J, DeShazer D, Woods DE | title="Burkholderia thailandensis" sp. nov., a "Burkholderia pseudomallei"-like species | journal=Int J Syst Bacteriol | year=1998 | volume=48 | pages=317–320 | pmid=9542103 ]

"Burkholderia thailandensis" is a non-fermenting motile Gram-negative bacillus that occurs naturally in soil. It is closely related to "Burkholderia pseudomallei," but unlike "B. pseudomallei", it does not cause disease in humans or animals. [cite journal | author=Wuthiekanun V, Smith MD, Dance DA, Walsh AL, Pitt TL, White NJ | title=Biochemical characteristics of clinical and environmental isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei | journal=J Med Microbiol | year=1996 | volume=45 | issue=6 | pages=408–12 | pmid=8958243 ] [cite journal | author=Smith MD, Angus BJ, Wuthiekanun V, White NJ | title=Arabinose assimilation defines a nonvirulent biotype of Burkholderia pseudomallei | journal=Infect Immun | year=1997 | volume=65 | issue=10 | pages=4319–21 | pmid=9317042 ] It is usually distinguished from "B. pseudomallei" by its ability to assimilate arabinose. The phenotypic differences have been summarised by Woods (1999). [cite journal | author=Woods DE | title=Species versus biotype status | journal=J Clin Microbiol | year=1999 | volume=37 | issue=11 | pages=3786–7 | pmid=10610379 ]

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