Burkholderia mallei



Burkholderia mallei is an exception among other genera, it is a stationary gram-negative rod. It occurs mostly in the tropics and subtropics and can be brought to us from these areas. It causes a disease of solipeds called malleus. When transmitted to humans, it often has lethal consequences.

Taxonomy
The taxonomy of the genus Burkholderia is constantly renewed, the current classification is as follows:
 * class Betaproteobacteria
 * order Burkholderiales
 * family Burkholderiaceae
 * genus Burkholderia

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 * Burkholderia
 * Burkholderia cepacia
 * Burkholderia pseudomallei
 * Pseudomonas, Stenotrophomonas, Burkholderia

Reference

 * 1) BENEŠ, Jiří, et al. Infectious medicine. 1st edition. Galén, 2009. 651 pp. 261-262.  ISBN 978-80-7262-644-1.

Použitá literatura

 * POVÝŠIL, Ctibor and Ivo ŠTEINER, et al. General pathology. 1st edition. Prague: Galén, 2011. 290 pp. Chapter 13: General Oncology. pp. 133-190.  ISBN 978-80-7262-773-8.


 * VOTAVA, Miroslav, et al. Medical microbiology special. 1st edition. Brno: Neptun, 2003. 495 pp. Chapter 1.1: Gram-negative non-fermenting bacteria. pp. 29-37.  ISBN 80-902896-6-5.


 * KAYSER, Fritz H. and Kurt A. BIENZ. Medical Microbiology. 1st edition. Germany: Thieme, 2005. 268 pp. 308-311.  ISBN 9781588902450.


 * SEDLÁK, Kamil and Markéta TOMŠÍČKOVÁ. Dangerous infections of animals and humans. 1st edition. Prague: Scientia, 2006. 167 pp. 147-148.  ISBN 80-86960-07-2.



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