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Identification by subtractive hybridization of a novel insertion element specific for two widespread Burkholderia cepacia genomovar III strains.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2003
Liu Lixia, Spilker Theodore, Coenye Tom, LiPuma John J
Abstract excerpt
Species of the Burkholderia cepacia complex cause chronic and life-threatening infections in persons with cystic fibrosis. Epidemic strains infect multiple patients, reside primarily in genomovar III, and have an apparent enhanced capacity for human infection and/or interpatient transmission. By using subtractive hybridization, a novel insertion element, designated IS1363, was identified in epidemic strain PHDC,...
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