Burkholderia cenocepacia

Taxobox
color = lightgrey
name = "Burkholderia cenocepacia"
regnum = Bacteria
phylum = Proteobacteria
classis = Beta Proteobacteria
ordo = Burkholderiales
familia = Burkholderiaceae
genus = Burkholderia
species = "B. cenocepacia"
binomial = "Burkholderia cenocepacia"
binomial_authority = Vandamme "et al". 2003

"Burkholderia cenocepacia" is a Gram-negative bacteria that is common in the environment and may cause disease in plants. It is an opportunistic pathogen and human infections are common in patients with cystic fibrosis and chronic granulomatous disease, and are often fatal. Originally defined as "B. cepacia", the group has now been split into nine species, [cite journal | author = Lipuma J | title = Update on the Burkholderia cepacia complex. | journal = Curr Opin Pulm Med | volume = 11 | issue = 6 | pages = 528–33 | year = 2005 | pmid = 16217180 | doi = 10.1097/01.mcp.0000181475.85187.ed] and "B. cenocepacia" is one of the most intensively-studied. [cite journal | author = Mahenthiralingam E, Vandamme P | title = Taxonomy and pathogenesis of the Burkholderia cepacia complex. | journal = Chron Respir Dis | volume = 2 | issue = 4 | pages = 209–17 | year = 2005 | pmid = 16541604 | doi = 10.1191/1479972305cd053ra]

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