Review Article

Burkholderia cepacia Complex: Emerging Multihost Pathogens Equipped with a Wide Range of Virulence Factors and Determinants

Table 1

Burkholderia cepacia complex species and strains with their genome sequences finished or in progress. The Bcc genomes here described are summarized in the Burkholderia genome database (http://www.burkholderia.com/viewAllGenomes.do).

Bcc SpeciesSources and Relevant CharacteristicsStrains sequencedUnfinished genomesReferences

B. cepaciaInfections in Humans (CF and non-CF); bioremediation and biocontrol agent[13]

B. multivoransInfections in Humans (CF and non-CF)ATCC17616CGD1, CGD2, CGD2M[13]

B. cenocepaciaInfections in Humans (CF and non-CF); biocontrol agentJ2315, AU1054, HI2424, MCO-3, PC184Bu72[14]

B. stabilisInfections in Humans (CF and non-CF)[15]

B. vietnamiensisInfections in Humans (CF and non-CF); bioremediation and biocontrol agentG4[13]

B. dolosaInfections in CF patientsAU0158[16]

B. ambifariaInfections in Humans (CF and non-CF); biocontrol agentAMMD, MC40-6, MEX-5, IOP40-10[17]

B. pyrrociniaInfections in CF patients; biocontrol agent[18]

B. anthinaInfections in Humans (CF and non-CF)[18]

B. ubonensisNosocomial infectionBu[10]

B. latensInfections in CF patients[10]

B. diffusaInfections in Humans (CF and non-CF), isolated from water and soil[10]

B. arborisInfections in Humans (CF and non-CF), environmental sources[10]

B. seminalisInfections in Humans (CF and non-CF), environmental sources[10]

B. metallicaInfections in CF patients[10]

B. contaminansInfections in CF patients and in animals[11, 19]

B. lataIsolates from forest soil383[11]