| Paraburkholderia sprentiae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Burkholderiales |
| Family: | Burkholderiaceae |
| Genus: | Paraburkholderia |
| Species: | P. sprentiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraburkholderia sprentiae (De Meyer et al. 2013) Sawana et al. 2015 [1] | |
| Type strain | |
| WSM4187T [2] WSM5005T | |
| Synonyms | |
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Paraburkholderia sprentiae is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium from the genus Paraburkholderia and the family Burkholderiaceae which was isolated from root nodules from the plant Lebeckia ambigua in South Africa. [4] [5]
The species was named in honor of Professor Janet Sprent of Dundee University, in recognition of her work on nitrogen fixation. [4]