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Genomovar III isolate of cepacia complex that can opportunistically infect cystic fibrosis patients
<b><i>Burkholderia cenocepacia</i> strain HI2424</b>. This organism (HI2424; BCC1) was isolated as part of a study to find this organism in natural environments. Samples taken from fields that were planted with onions in New York in 1999 and 2000 were examined and it was discovered that isolates were the same as ones that can infect CF patients. This microbe has three chromosomes.