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Genetic diversity and multihost pathogenicity of clinical and environmental strains of Burkholderia cenocepacia.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Aug 2009
Springman A Cody, Jacobs Janette L, Somvanshi Vishal S, Sundin George W, Mulks Martha H, Whittam Thomas S, Viswanathan Poorna, Gray R Lucas, Lipuma John J, Ciche Todd A
Abstract excerpt
A collection of 54 clinical and agricultural isolates of Burkholderia cenocepacia was analyzed for genetic relatedness by using multilocus sequence typing (MLST), pathogenicity by using onion and nematode infection models, antifungal activity, and the distribution of three marker genes associated with virulence. The majority of clinical isolates were obtained from cystic fibrosis (CF) patients in Michigan, and...
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