Burkholderia cepacia

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A Microbial Biorealm page on the genus Burkholderia cepacia

Classification

Higher order taxa

Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Betaprotebacteria; Burkholderiales; Burkholderiaceae; Burkholderia

Species

NCBI: Taxonomy

The Burkholderia cepacia complex consists of nine genomic species called genomovars: B. cepacia, B. multivorans, B. cenocepacia, B. vietnamiensis, B. stabilis, B. ambifaria, B. dolosa, B. anthina, and B. pyrrocinia.

Description and significance

Genome structure

Cell structure and metabolism

Ecology

Pathology

Application to Biotechnology

Current Research

References

Edited by student of Rachel Larsen and Kit Pogliano