Kingdom Bacteria Class Beta Proteobacteria Family Burkholderiaceae Rank Species | Phylum Proteobacteria Order Burkholderiales Genus Burkholderia | |
Similar Lebeckia ambigua, Burkholderia, Lebeckia, Burkholderiales, Crotalarieae | ||
Burkholderia sprentiae is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium from the genus Burkholderia and the family Burkholderiaceae which was isolated from root nodules from the plant Lebeckia ambigua in South Africa.
The species was named in honor of Professor Janet Sprent of Dundee University, in recognition of her work on nitrogen fixation.
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