Burkholderia pseudomallei (also known as Pseudomonas pseudomallei) is a Gram-negative, bipolar, aerobic, motile rod-shaped bacterium.BurkholderiapseudomalleiFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchSpeciesofbacteriumBurkholderiapseudomalleiB.pseudomalleicoloniesonAshdown'sagarshowingthecharacteristiccornflowerheadmorphologyScientificclassificationKingdom:BacteriaPhylum:ProteobacteriaClass:BetaproteobacteriaOrder:BurkholderialesFamily:BurkholderiaceaeGenus:BurkholderiaSpecies:B. pseudomalleiBinomialnameBurkholderiapseudomallei(Whitmore1913)Yabuuchietal.1993[1]SynonymsBacilluspseudomalleiWhitmore1913BacteriumwhitmoriStantonandFletcher1921MalleomycespseudomalleiBreed1939LoefflerellapseudomalleiBrindleandCowan1951PfeiferellapseudomalleiPseudomonaspseudomallei(Whitmore1913)Haynes1957Burkholderiapseudomallei(alsoknownasPseudomonaspseudomallei)isaGram-negative,bipolar,aerobic,motilerod-shapedbacterium.[2]Itisasoil-dwellingbacteriumendemicintropicalandsubtropicalregionsworldwide,particularlyinThailandandnorthernAustralia.[3]Itinfectshumansandotheranimals[which?]andcausesthediseasemelioidosis.Itisalsocapableofinfectingplants.[4]B.pseudomalleimeasures2–5μminlengthand0.4–0.8μmindiameterandiscapableofself-propulsionusingflagella.Thebacteriacangrowinanumberofartificialnutrientenvironments,especiallybetaine-andarginine-containingones.Invitro,optimalproliferationtemperatureisreportedaround40 °Cinneutralorslightlyacidicenvironments(pH6.8–7.0).Themajorityofstrainsarecapableofoxidation,notfermentation,ofsugarswithoutgasformation(mostimportantly,glucoseandgalactose;olderculturesarereportedtoalsometabolizemaltoseandstarch).Bacteriaproducebothexo-andendotoxins.Theroleofthetoxinsidentifiedintheprocessofmelioidosissymptomdevelopmenthasnotbeenfullyelucidated.[5]Contents1Identification2Disinfection3Medicalimportance4Antibiotictreatmentandsensitivitytesting5Pathogenicitymechanismsandvirulencefactors6Vaccinecandidates7References8ExternallinksIdentification[edit]B.pseudomal