Burkholderia kururiensis

Taxobox
color = lightgrey
name = "Burkholderia kururiensis"
regnum = Bacteria
phylum = Proteobacteria
classis = Beta Proteobacteria
ordo = Burkholderiales
familia = Burkholderiaceae
genus = Burkholderia
species = "B. kururiensis"
binomial = "Burkholderia kururiensis"
binomial_authority = Zhang "et al". 2000
type_strain = [http://www.jcm.riken.jp/cgi-bin/jcm/jcm_number?JCM=10599 JCM 10599]

"Burkholderia kururiensis" is a species of proteobacteria.

It was isolated by Zhang "et al." [cite journal |title="Burkholderia kururiensis" sp. nov., a trichloroethylene (TCE)-degrading bacterium isolated from an aquifer polluted with TCE |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |volume=50 |pages=743–749 |year=2000 |unused_data=Zhang, "et al." ] from a groundwater sample in Japan. The sample was heavily contaminated with the industrial solvent Trichloroethylene (TCE), which "Burkholderia kururiensis" degraded.

Phenotypic Characteristics

Phenotypically, "B. kururiensis" is a Gram negative bacterium with an oval cell morphology. It was found to metabolise simple sugars such as mannose, glucose, galactose and maltose, as well as alcohols such as glycerol, inositol and mannitol.

Genotypic Characteristics

Genotypically, studies of 16s ribosomal RNA suggested "B. kururiensis" belonged to the "genus" "Burkholderia". The G+C total DNA content was measured as 64.8 mol %, as perhaps would be expected for proteobacteria.

Type Strain

Based on information gathered during phenotypic and genotypic analysis, the KP23^T strain isolated by Zhang "et al." was reckoned to be a new species in the genus, and the name "Burkholderiales kururiensis" was proposed. The type strain is KP23^T (= JCM 10599).

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