Bacterium
burkholderia
Subclass of:
Burkholderiaceae
Definitions related to burkholderia:
  • A genus of aerobic, Gram-negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria and the family Burkholderiaceae.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria originally classified as members of the PSEUDOMONADACEAE.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Burkholderia genus level.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Genus of gram negative, aerobic, rod shaped bacteria; organisms in this genus had originally been classified as members of the pseudomonas genus but overwhelming biochemical and chemical findings indicated the need to separate them from other Pseudomonas species, and hence, this new genus was created.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Burkholderia cepacia is an aerobic gram-negative bacillus found in various aquatic environments. B cepacia is an organism of low virulence and is a frequent colonizer of fluids used in the hospital (eg, irrigation solutions, intravenous fluids).
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2019
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