''Paraburkholderia elongata'' is a

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bacterium belonging to the genus '' Paraburkholderia''. The type strain is ''P. elongata'' 5N^T, which was isolated from the

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, near

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, using agar medium supplemented with soil-extracted, solubilized organic matter. The same isolation effort and methodology led to the isolation of '' P. solitsugae'' 1N^T. ''P. elongata'' was named after its tendency to form elongated, filamentous cells when grown in concentrated growth media.

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concentration was found to regulate the conditional filamentation of ''P. elongata'', resulting from the accumulation of intracellular polyphosphate.

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