{"id":42854,"date":"2023-10-09T20:05:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microbenotes.com\/?p=42854"},"modified":"2023-10-09T20:05:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:20:14","slug":"burkholderia-pseudomallei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microbenotes.com\/burkholderia-pseudomallei\/","title":{"rendered":"Burkholderia pseudomallei: An Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Burkholderia pseudomallei<\/em> is a Gram-negative, motile, non-spore-forming, aerobic Betaproteobacteria of the Pseudomonadota phylum in the Burkholderiaceae<\/em> family.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an environmental saprophytic bacteria<\/a> naturally found in soil and water. However, B. pseudomallei<\/em> have shifted from soil<\/a> bacteria to deadly intracellular pathogenic bacteria causing \u2018melioidosis<\/strong>\u2019 in humans which has a mortality rate of 20 to 40% even with an early diagnosis and appropriate therapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It can survive in harsh environmental conditions like extreme temperature, extreme pH, dry soils, and nutrient deficient conditions like distilled water for several days and cause deadly disease, so it has been listed as a \u2018Tier 1 select agent\u2019<\/em><\/strong> and potential bioweapon by the US CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Domain<\/strong><\/td>Bacteria<\/td><\/tr>
Phylum<\/strong><\/td>Pseudomonadota<\/td><\/tr>
Class<\/strong><\/td>Betaproteobacteria<\/td><\/tr>
Order<\/strong><\/td>Burkholderiales<\/td><\/tr>
Family<\/strong><\/td>Burkholdericeae<\/td><\/tr>
Genus<\/strong><\/td>Burkholderia<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Species<\/strong><\/td>B. pseudomallei<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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