paraburkholderia ferrariae paraburkholderia ferrariae paraburkholderia ferrariae is a gram-negative, catalase and oxidase-positive, non-spore-forming, bacterium from the genus paraburkholderia and the family burkholderiaceae which was isolated from a high phosphorus iron ore in the minas gerais state in brazil. paraburkholderia ferrariae has the ability to solubilize highly insoluble phosphatic minerals. paraburkholderia ferrariae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: burkholderiales family: burkholderiaceae genus: paraburkholderia species: p. ferrariae binomial name paraburkholderia ferrariae(valverde et al. 2006) sawana et al. 2015 type strain ccug 54295t cect 7171t cip 109391t dsm 18251t fegl01t lmg 23612t nbrc 106233t velázquez fegl01t synonyms burkholderia ferrariae valverde et al. 2006