Domain Bacteria Scientific name Burkholderiales Rank Order | Phylum Proteobacteria Higher classification Betaproteobacteria | |
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Lower classifications Burkholderia, Comamonadaceae, Ralstonia, Bordetella, Acidovorax | ||
The Burkholderiales are an order of Proteobacteria. Like all Proteobacteria, they are Gram-negative. They include several pathogenic bacteria, including species of Burkholderia, Bordetella, and Ralstonia. They also include Oxalobacter and related genera, which are unusual in using oxalic acid as their source of carbon.
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