Burkholderia are bacteria that were recognized as members of the “nonfluorescent pseudomonads”. As classification of bacteria evolved over time and as improvements in molecular tools for bacterial identification occurred, they became members of the rRNA homology group II. They were reclassified under the new genus Burkolderia with B. cepacia as the type species. As of the date of preparing this chapter, a total of 41 species and four proposed species (candidatus) have been placed in the genus Burkholderia. We describe in detail, the six known species of this genus that are pathogenic to plants.
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Gitaitis, R., Nischwitz, C. (2007). Burkholderia . In: Gnanamanickam, S.S. (eds) Plant-Associated Bacteria. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4538-7_17
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