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Burkholderia cepacia genomovar VI, a new member of the Burkholderia cepacia complex isolated from cystic fibrosis patients.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Mar 2001
Coenye T, LiPuma J J, Henry D, Hoste B, Vandemeulebroecke K, Gillis M, Speert D P, Vandamme P
Abstract excerpt
A polyphasic taxonomic study was performed on 23 strains isolated from cystic fibrosis (CF) patients in the USA. These strains were tentatively identified as Burkholderia cepacia, Burkholderia vietnamiensis and Burkholderia or Ralstonia sp. using biochemical tests and 16S rDNA-based PCR assays. Visual comparison of protein profiles indicated that they belonged to a single new group ('group 13'). The polyphasic...
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