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The unexpected discovery of a novel low-oxygen-activated locus for the anoxic persistence of Burkholderia cenocepacia.
The ISME journal - 1 Aug 2013
Sass Andrea M, Schmerk Crystal, Agnoli Kirsty, Norville Phillip J, Eberl Leo, Valvano Miguel A, Mahenthiralingam Eshwar
Abstract excerpt
Burkholderia cenocepacia is a Gram-negative aerobic bacterium that belongs to a group of opportunistic pathogens displaying diverse environmental and pathogenic lifestyles. B. cenocepacia is known for its ability to cause lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis and it possesses a large 8 Mb multireplicon genome encoding a wide array of pathogenicity and fitness genes. Transcriptomic profiling across nine...
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