Paraburkholderia fungorum

Paraburkholderia fungorum is a species of proteobacteria.[2] Some of its strains can use uranium for their growth and convert U(VI) to U(IV).[3]

Paraburkholderia fungorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Burkholderiales
Family:	Burkholderiaceae
Genus:	Paraburkholderia
Species:	P. fungorum
Binomial name
Paraburkholderia fungorum (Coenye et al. 2001) Sawana et al. 2015[1]
Synonyms
Burkholderia fungorum Coenye et al. 2001

References

1. Sawana A, Adeolu M, Gupta RS. (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. doi:10.3389/fgene.2014.00429. PMC 4271702. PMID 25566316.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
2. Burkohlderia J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
3. Koribanics, N. M.; Tuorto, S. J.; Lopez-Chiaffarelli, N; McGuinness, L. R.; Häggblom, M. M.; Williams, K. H.; Long, P. E.; Kerkhof, L. J. (2015). "Spatial Distribution of an Uranium-Respiring Betaproteobacterium at the Rifle, CO Field Research Site". PLOS ONE. 10 (4): e0123378. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1023378K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123378. PMC 4395306. PMID 25874721.