Paraburkholderia kururiensis

Paraburkholderia kururiensis is a species of bacteria.

Paraburkholderia kururiensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Burkholderiales
Family:	Burkholderiaceae
Genus:	Paraburkholderia
Species:	P. kururiensis
Binomial name
Paraburkholderia kururiensis (Zhang et al. 2000) Sawana et al. 2015
Type strain
JCM 10599T
Synonyms
Burkholderia kururiensis Zhang et al. 2000

It was isolated by Zhang et al. from a groundwater sample in Japan. The sample was heavily contaminated with the industrial solvent trichloroethylene (TCE), which Paraburkholderia kururiensis degraded.

Phenotypic characteristics

Phenotypically, P. kururiensis is a Gram negative bacterium with an oval cell morphology. It was found to metabolise simple sugars such as mannose, glucose, galactose and maltose, as well as alcohols such as glycerol, inositol and mannitol.

Genotypic characteristics

Genotypically, studies of 16s ribosomal RNA suggested P. kururiensis belonged to the genus Paraburkholderia. The G+C total DNA content was measured as 64.8 mol %, as perhaps would be expected for Pseudomonadota.

Type strain

Based on information gathered during phenotypic and genotypic analysis, the KP23^T strain isolated by Zhang et al. was reckoned to be a new species in the genus, and the name Burkholderia kururiensis was proposed. The type strain is KP23^T (= JCM 10599). It has since been transferred to the genus Paraburkholderia.