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Environmental Burkholderia cenocepacia Strain Enhances Fitness by Serial Passages during Long-Term Chronic Airways Infection in Mice.
International journal of molecular sciences - 14 Nov 2017
Bragonzi Alessandra, Paroni Moira, Pirone Luisa, Coladarci Ivan, Ascenzioni Fiorentina, Bevivino Annamaria
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Burkholderia cenocepacia is an important opportunistic pathogen in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, and has also been isolated from natural environments. In previous work, we explored the virulence and pathogenic potential of environmental B. cenocepacia strains and demonstrated that they do not differ from clinical strains in some pathogenic traits. Here, we investigated the ability of the environmental B....
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