Burkholderia
Translingual
Burkholderia mallei, formerly called Burkholderia pseudomallei or Pseudomonas pseudomallei
Etymology
Named after American plant pathologist Walter H. Burkholder (1891–1983) + -ia (taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
Burkholderia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Burkholderiaceae – certain proteobacteria including species responsible for glanders and melioidosis.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria - class; Burkholderiales - order; Burkholderiaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Burkholderia cepacia - type species; Burkholderia mallei - selected other species
References
Burkholderia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Burkholderia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Burkholderia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Burkholderia in the Genome Taxonomy Database
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