Paraburkholderia sprentiae

Paraburkholderia sprentiae is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium from the genus Paraburkholderia and the family Burkholderiaceae which was isolated from root nodules from the plant Lebeckia ambigua in South Africa.[4][5]

Paraburkholderia sprentiae
Scientific classification
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Class:
Beta Proteobacteria
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Species:
P. sprentiae
Binomial name
Paraburkholderia sprentiae
(De Meyer et al. 2013) Sawana et al. 2015[1]
Type strain
WSM4187T[2]

WSM5005T
HAMBI 3357T
LMG 27175T
Vandamme R-49719T
WSM5005T

Synonyms
  • Burkholderia sprentiae De Meyer et al. 2013[3]

The species was named in honor of Professor Janet Sprent of Dundee University, in recognition of her work on nitrogen fixation.[4]

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