Burkholderia spp. and Related Genera

1 The Genus Burkholderia 2 Burkholderia Cepacia Complex 3 Burkholderia Gladioli 4 The Pseudomallei Group 5 Burkholderia Pseudomallei 6 B. thailandensis 7 Melioidosis 8 Burkholderia mallei 9 Glanders 10 Miscellaneous Opportunist ‘Pseudomonads’ Keywords: Burkholderia spp. and related genera; Burkholderia cepacia complex; genus Burkholderia-species grouped within rRNA group II of genus Pseudomonas; B. cepacia complex organisms-slender rods with multitrichous flagella; outbreaks of B. cepacia infections-in hospitals and water supply contamination; B. cepacia pathogenicity; species-specific exopolysaccharide (EPS) of B. pseudomallei; epidemiology of melioidosis-melioidosis endemicity in South East Asia and northern Australia