Burkholderia pseudomallei

Rank: Species

Lineage: Bacteria;Proteobacteria;Betaproteobacteria;Burkholderiales;Burkholderiaceae;Burkholderia;Burkholderia pseudomallei

Description: Burkholderia pseudomallei. This species is an opportunistic pathogen and can cause pneumonia, bacteremia, and melioidosis. It is normally found in terrestrial environments and has been recovered from rice paddies and moist tropical soil. It is endemic in Asia and Australia, but can be found in other parts of the world. The organism can exist intracellularly and can spread through the bloodstream (bacteremia). The latency period can be extremely long, with infection preceding disease by decades, and treatment can take months of antibiotic use, with relapse a commonly observed phenomenon. Intercellular spread can occur via induction of actin polymerization at one pole of the cell, allowing movement through the cytoplasm and from cell-to-cell. More >> Less >>

Reference Material:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/?term=Burkholderia%20pseudomallei

Name	Rank	Genomes	Info
Burkholderia	Genus	35
Burkholderia pseudomallei	Species	29

Name: Burkholderia

Rank: Genus

Lineage:
Bacteria;Proteobacteria;Betaproteobacteria;Burkholderiales;Burkholderiaceae;Burkholderia

Description:
Burkholderia is a genus of Proteobacteria whose pathogenic members include the Burkholderia cepacia complex which attacks humans and Burkholderia mallei, responsible for glanders, a disease that occurs mostly in horses and related animals; Burkholderia pseudomallei, causative agent of melioidosis; and Burkholderia cepacia, an important pathogen of pulmonary infections in people with cystic fibrosis (CF).

Reference Material:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkholderia