Burkholderia plantarii

Burkholderia plantarii is a Gram-negative soil bacterium. Its specific name comes from the Latin plantarium (seedbed).[1]

Burkholderia plantarii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Betaproteobacteria
Order:
Burkholderiales
Family:
Burkholderiaceae
Genus:
Burkholderia
Binomial name
Burkholderia plantarii
(Azegami et al. 1987)
Urakami et al. 1994
Synonyms

Pseudomonas plantarii Azegami et al. 1987
Pseudomonas vandii Urakami et al. 1994

Burkholderia vandii is a synonym of this species, which was named after the orchid Vanda, where it was first found.[1]

References
  1. Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-24145-6.


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