Paraburkholderia fungorum
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Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Betaproteobacteria, Order Burkholderiales, Family Burkholderiaceae, Genus Paraburkholderia,
Paraburkholderia fungorum
(Coenye et al. 2001) Sawana et al. 2015.

Old synonym:
Burkholderia fungorum Coenye et al. 2001.
Gram-negative straight rods. Non-sporulated.
Growth is observed at 30 and 37 ºC, but not at 42 ºC. Haemolysis is not produced. No
production of fluorescent pigment. No growth in the presence of 3.0, 4.5 or 6.0%
NaCl. Variable growth in the presence of: 0.5% and 1.5% NaCl. No growth on 10%
lactose or acetamide. Variable growth on cetrimide.
Isolated from fungi (Phanerochaete chrysosporium), animals and human clinical samples. Symbiotic relationship between the
bacteria and the fungus, since it can degrade the aromatic compounds derived from degradation of lignin by white-rot fungi.
Undetermined. Some strains were isolated from patients with cystic fibrosis.
  1. Coenye T., Laevens S., Willems A., Ohlen M., Hannant W., Govan J.R.W., Gillis M., Falsen E. and Vandamme P.: Burkholderia
    fungorum sp. nov. and Burkholderia caledonica sp. nov., two new species isolated from the environment, animals and human
    clinical samples. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1099-1107.
  2. Sawana, A., Adeolu, M. and Gupta, R.S. 2014. Molecular signatures and phylogenomic analysis of the genus Burkholderia:
    proposal for division of this genus into the emended genus Burkholderia containing pathogenic organisms and a new genus
    Paraburkholderia gen. nov. harboring environmental species. Front. Genet., 5, 429.
  3. Lim Y.W., Baik K.S., Han S.K., Kim S.B. and Bae K.S.: Burkholderia sordidicola sp. nov., isolated from the white-rot fungus
    Phanerochaete sordida. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1631-1636.
  4. Sheu, S. Y., Chen, M. H., Liu, W. Y., Andrews, M., James, E. K., Ardley, J. K., De Meyer, S. E., James, T. K., Howieson, J. G.,
    Couthino, B. G. and Chen, W. M. 2015. Burkholderia dipogonis sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of Dipogon lignosus in New
    Zealand and Western Australia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 4716-4723.
Positive results for acid and alkaline phosphatase, leucine arylamidase, nitrate reduction, phosphoamidase & Tween 80 hydrolysis.
Grows in OF medium with D-glucose.
Can assimilate citrate, N-acetylglucosamine, D-glucose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, D-gluconate, phenylacetate, L-malate & DL-lactate.
The type strain assimilate dextrin, Tween 40 and 80.

Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, DNase, esculin hydrolysis, alpha-fucosidase, gelatin liquefaction, alpha- and
beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, alpha- and beta-galactosidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, alpha-mannosidase, H
2S
production (TSI), indole production, lipase C14, lysine decarboxylase, nitrite reduction, ornithine decarboxylase, starch hydrolysis,
tryptophanase, trypsin, chymotrypsin, urease & valine arylamidase.
No assimilation of sucrose & maltose. The type strain does not assimilate D-arabitol, m-inositol, itaconic acid, malonic acid,
propionic acid, D- and L-alanine, L-histidine, L-leucine, D- and L-serine, glycogen, glycerol & trehalose.

Variable results for catalase, esterase C4, ester lipase C14, cysteine arylamidase, oxidase, assimilation of L-arginine, L-arabinose, ,
DL-norleucine, caprate & adipate.
Variable growth in OF medium with maltose, adonitol, D-fructose & D-xylose.
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