Burkholderiales
| Burkholderiales | |
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| Burkholderia pseudomallei colonies on a blood agar plate. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Burkholderiales |
| Families | |
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Alcaligenaceae |
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Alcaligenaceae
Burkholderiaceae
Comamonadaceae
Oxalobacteraceae
Ralstoniaceae
Sutterellaceae
The Burkholderiales are an order of Proteobacteria. Like all Proteobacteria, they are Gram-negative. They include several pathogenic bacteria, including species of Burkholderia, Bordetella, and Ralstonia. They also include Oxalobacter and related genera, which are unusual in using oxalic acid as their source of carbon.
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