Burkholderia

== Translingual == === Etymology === Named after American plant pathologist Walter H. Burkholder (1891–1983) +‎ -ia (taxonomic suffix). === Proper noun === Burkholderia f A taxonomic genus within the family Burkholderiaceae – certain proteobacteria including species responsible for glanders and melioidosis. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria – class; Burkholderiales – order; Burkholderiaceae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Burkholderia cepacia - type species; Burkholderia mallei - selected other species === References === Burkholderia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Burkholderia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Burkholderia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Burkholderia in the Genome Taxonomy Database