%0 Journal Article %A Brämer, C O %A Vandamme, P %A da Silva, L F %A Gomez, J G %A Steinbüchel, A %T Polyhydroxyalkanoate-accumulating bacterium isolated from soil of a sugar-cane plantation in Brazil. %D 2001 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 51 %N 5 %P 1709-1713 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-51-5-1709 %I Microbiology Society, %X Strain IPT101T, isolated from the soil of a sugar-cane plantation in Brazil, was analysed in a polyphasic taxonomic study. The strain produces polyhydroxyalkanoates from sucrose and other carbon sources. Morphological, physiological and biochemical data as well as 16S rDNA, whole-cell protein and fatty acid analyses indicated that strain IPT101T represents a new species in the genus Burkholderia. The name Burkholderia sacchari sp. nov. is proposed, with strain IPT101T (= LMG 19450T = CCT 6771T) as the type strain. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-51-5-1709