title: Burkholderia cenocepacia sp. nov.--a new twist to an old story.
abstract: DNA-DNA hybridisation experiments between isolates representing Burkholderia cepacia genomovar III recA lineages IIIA and IIIB reinforced the classification of both phylogenetic subgroups as a single genospecies, distinct from B. cepacia (genomovar I). A formal classification of B. cepacia genomovar III encompassing the recA lineages IIIA and IIIB, and the new recA lineages IIIC and IIID, as B. cenocepacia sp. nov., with LMG 16656 as the type strain, is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium. Peter.Vandamme@rug.ac.be
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vandamme
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Coenye
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goris
authors.forename: Eshwar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mahenthiralingam
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: LiPuma
authors.forename: John R W
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Govan
mesh_terms: D019117:Burkholderia / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D019121:Burkholderia Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D016956:Burkholderia cepacia / Q000235:genetics; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010802:Phylogeny; D011938:Rec A Recombinases / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D011938:Rec A Recombinases