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Insights into the role of extracellular polysaccharides in Burkholderia adaptation to different environments.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2011
Ferreira Ana S, Silva Inês N, Oliveira Vítor H, Cunha Raquel, Moreira Leonilde M
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The genus Burkholderia comprises more than 60 species able to adapt to a wide range of environments such as soil and water, and also colonize and infect plants and animals. They have large genomes with multiple replicons and high gene number, allowing these bacteria to thrive in very different niches. Among the properties of bacteria from the genus Burkholderia is the ability to produce several types of...
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