title: [Burkholderia cepacia: our enemy or friend?].
abstract: It was briefly described the beneficial and harmful effects of Burkholderia cepacia in agriculture, industry, medical science and environment protection since the bacterium was identified as causal organism of a crop in 1949. The hot-points and problems in research and regulation of the bacterium were discussed and analyzed as well as the research suggestions in China.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China.
authors.forename: Yuan-Chan
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Guan-Lin
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D016956:Burkholderia cepacia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000502:physiology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology; D010572:Pest Control, Biological; D063245:Plant Development; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology