Burkholderia

[Chris Fields]

Also, many fundamental differences were noted between the bacteria now
classified as Burkholderia and Pseudomonas.  In my field (pyrimidine
metabolism), Burkholderia is more like the enteric bacteria than a pseudomonad.

Gary Lum wrote:

> Cynthia wrote:
>
> > Why has Pseudomonas cepacia, mallei and gladioli been reclassified out of
> > the Pseudomonas group??What is this based on?
>
> They (including _B. pseudomallei_) were in the same RNA group within
> genus _Pseudomonas_.  It was decided to break up this system and this
> group was renamed with the genus _Burkholderia_.
>
> Regards
>
> Gary
>
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C. J. Fields
Graduate Student, Dept. of Biological Sciences
The University of North Texas
Denton, TX

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