title: Burkholderia oklahomensis sp. nov., a Burkholderia pseudomallei-like species formerly known as the Oklahoma strain of Pseudomonas pseudomallei.
abstract: C6786, the clinical isolate of the 'Oklahoma' strain of Pseudomonas (now Burkholderia) pseudomallei, was originally isolated in 1973 from a wound infection resulting from a farming accident in Oklahoma, USA. Environmental isolates C7532 and C7533 from the Oklahoma accident site were found to match C6786. These three isolates and a clinical isolate originally identified as B. pseudomallei that was recovered from a person in Georgia, USA, involved in an automobile accident were characterized by biochemical, 16S rRNA gene sequencing, multilocus sequence typing and DNA-DNA hybridization analyses. Results indicated that these strains comprise a novel species. The name Burkholderia oklahomensis sp. nov. is proposed, with strain C6786(T) (=LMG 23618(T)=NCTC 13387(T)=CCUG 51349(T)) as the type strain.
authors.affiliation: Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1600 Clifton Rd, NE, MS-D11, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
authors.forename: Mindy B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Glass
authors.affiliation: Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1600 Clifton Rd, NE, MS-D11, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
authors.forename: Arnold G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Steigerwalt
authors.affiliation: Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1600 Clifton Rd, NE, MS-D11, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
authors.forename: Jean G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.affiliation: Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1600 Clifton Rd, NE, MS-D11, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
authors.forename: Patricia P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Wilkins
authors.affiliation: Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1600 Clifton Rd, NE, MS-D11, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
authors.forename: Jay E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Gee
mesh_terms: D019117:Burkholderia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S