Burkholderia glumae explained

Burkholderia glumae is a Gram-negative, soil-borne, betaproteobacterium.

Genome

Of all bacteria with the necessary sequence data available, B. glumae has the highest number of prophages (bacteriophages integrated into its genome).^[1]

External links

• Louisiana Agriculture, Summer 2011, Vol. 54, pp. 16/17
• Texas Rice, September 2010, Vol. X, pp. 3/8
• Type strain of Burkholderia glumae at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. 2013 . 1 . 51 . . 429–451 . Anne . Helder . Claudia . Alessandro . Sluys . Nakaya . Vitorello . Varani . . 0066-4286 . The Role of Prophage in Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria . 207644125 . 23725471 . 10.1146/annurev-phyto-081211-173010 .