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==External links==
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*{{cite web |title=''Burkholderia vietnamiensis'' |work=NCBI Taxonomy Browser |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=60552 |id=60552}}
*{{cite web |title=''Burkholderia vietnamiensis'' |work=NCBI Taxonomy Browser |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=60552 |id=60552}}
*[http://bacdive.dsmz.de/index.php?search=1939&submit=Search Type strain of ''Burkholderia vietnamiensis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase]
*[http://bacdive.dsmz.de/index.php?search=1939&submit=Search Type strain of ''Burkholderia vietnamiensis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase]



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Burkholderia vietnamiensis
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B. vietnamiensis
Binomial name
Burkholderia vietnamiensis
Gillis et al. 1995

Burkholderia vietnamiensis is a species of bacteria. It can be found as an opportunistic pathogen in patients with cystic fibrosis or other immunocompromising illnesses. It differs from most Burkholderia species in that it is often susceptible to aminoglycosides, but not polymyxin B.[1] Many isolates have been found to be catalase positive. B. vietnamiensis is able to fix N
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(nitrogen fixation).[2]

References

  1. ^ Jassem AN; Zlosnik, JE; Henry, DA; Hancock, RE; Ernst, RK; Speert, DP (May 2011). "In vitro susceptibility of Burkholderia vietnamiensis to aminoglycosides". Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 55 (5): 2256–64. doi:10.1128/AAC.01434-10. PMC 3088185. PMID 21321142.
  2. ^ Boone, David R.; Castenholz, Richard W.; Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T., eds. (2005). "Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. Class II. Betaproteobacteria class. nov.. Genus III. Herbaspirillum". The Proteobacteria. Bergey's Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology. Vol. 2. Springer. p. 633. ISBN 978-0-387-24145-6.