The Complete Structure and Pro‐inflammatory Activity of the Lipooligosaccharide of the Highly Epidemic and Virulent Gram‐Negative Bacterium Burkholderia cenocepacia ET‐12 (Strain J2315)

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Members of genus Burkholderia include opportunistic Gram-negative bacteria that are responsible for serious infections in immunocompromised and cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. The Burkholderia cepacia complex is a group of microorganisms composed of at least nine closely related genomovars. Among these, B. cenocepacia is widely recognized to cause epidemics associated with excessive mortality. Species that belong...

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