Burkholderiaceae

The Burkholderiaceae are a family of bacteria included in the order Burkholderiales.<ref name=Bergey>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. Template:ISBN.</ref> It includes some pathogenic species, such as Burkholderia mallei (glanders) and Burkholderia pseudomallei (melioidosis).<ref name=Bergey /> This family was found to be enriched in scale-eating pupfish (Cyprinodon desquamator) guts, even after being fed a common laboratory diet, suggesting it may aid in scale-digestion (Heras and Martin 2022).

External links

• J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature

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