''Ralstonia mannitolilytica'' is a

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. ''Pseudomonas thomasii'' and ''

Ralstonia pickettii ''Ralstonia pickettii'' is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, soil bacterium. ''Ralstonia pickettii'' is a Betaproteobacteria species found in moist environments such as soils, rivers, and lakes. It has also been identified in biofilms in plastic wate ...

'' biovar are synonyms.Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer. .Z. Y. Zong, C. H. Peng
''Ralstonia mannitolilytica'' and COPD: a case report
In: European Respiratory Journal, Band 38, 2011, S. 1482-1483; doi:10.1183/09031936.00046011, PMID 22130767, Epub 30 November 2011. ''Ralstonia mannitolilytica'' has been implicated as an opportunistic pathogen in

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, including a 1976

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outbreak due to a contaminated distilled water supply, a 1989 outbreak in

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caused by contaminated 0.9% sodium chloride solution, and a 2005 outbreak in children in the

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that was linked to contaminated

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devices.

References

External links

Genera ''Ralstonia'' at J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in NomenclatureType strain of ''Ralstonia mannitolilytica'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Burkholderiales Bacteria described in 2001 {{betaproteobacteria-stub