In 1967, Kurita firstly named the bacterial pathogen causing rice grain rot as Pseudomonas glumae. Since
1992, based on the 16S rRNA sequences, DNA-DNA homology, cellular lipid and fatty acid compositions, and phenotypic characteristics, the non-fluorescent bacteria in Pseudomonas are classified as genus Burkholderia and the others. And therefore, Pseudomonas glumae is renamed as Burkholderia glumae in 1992