Category:Pseudomonas and Burkholderia species

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Overview

• Organisms found in soil and water worldwide
• Burkholderia mallei causes glanders; rodents act as reservoir of infection
• Burkholderia pseudomallei causes meliodosis
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa, found on skin, mucous membranes and in faeces, causes opportunistic infections

Characteristics

• Gram-negative rods
• Obligate aerobes
• Oxidase and catalase positive
• Pseudomonas species and Burkholderia pseudomallei motile by polar flagellae
• Burkholderia mallei non-motile

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