Genomic complexity and plasticity of Burkholderia cepacia.
Burkholderia cepacia has attracted attention because of its extraordinary degradative abilities and its potential as a pathogen for plants and for humans. This bacterium was formerly considered to belong to the genus Pseudomonas in the gamma-subclass of the Proteobacteria, but recently has been assigned to the beta-subclass is based on rrn gene sequence analyses and other key phenotypic characteristics. The B. cepacia genome is comprised of multiple chromosomes and is rich in insertion sequences. These two features may have played a key role in the evolution of novel degradative functions and the unusual adaptability of this bacterium.
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Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003, USA. tlessie@microbio.umass.edu
Hendrickson
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D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D016956:Burkholderia cepacia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000145:classification; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012093:Replicon
D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S