Article
Auxotrophy of Burkholderia (Pseudomonas) cepacia from cystic fibrosis patients.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 1995
Barth A L, Pitt T L
Abstract excerpt
The nutritional status of 89 isolates of Burkholderia cepacia from 81 cystic fibrosis (CF) patients was evaluated. Forty of the isolates, from 38 patients, were not able to grow in a minimal medium containing glucose and mineral salts only and were thus auxotrophs. In contrast, all of 29 isolates...
Topics
- Amino Acids
- Burkholderia cepacia
- Culture Media
- Cystic Fibrosis
- DNA, Bacterial
- Environmental Microbiology
- Genotype
- Humans
- Mutation
- Sputum