Burkholderia cepacia complex

Thomas MS (2007) Iron Acquisition Mechanisms of the Burkholderia cepacia Complex. Biometals 20 431... 

Fig. 4.6 Core oligosaccharide from species belonging to the Burkholderia cepacia complex. aSilipo et al., 2006 bSilipo et al., 2007 Ierano et al., 2008 dIerano et al., 2008 eMasoud et al., 2009...

De Soyza, A., Siiipo, A., Lanzetta, R., Govan, J.R., Molinaro, A. The chemical and biological features of Burkholderia cepacia complex lipopolysaccharides. Innate Immun 14 (2008) 127-144. 

Figure 30 Quorum sensing in Burkholderia cepacia complex.

D., Raia, V., Rossano, F., and Catania, M.R. (2013) Rapid identification of Burkholderia cepacia complex species recovered from cystic fibrosis patients using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. /. Microbiol. Methods, 92 (2), 145-149. 

Vanlaere E, LiPuma JJ, Baldwin A, Henry D, De Brandt E, Mahenthiialingam E, Speert D, Dow-son C, Vandamme P. Burkholderia latens sp nov., Burkholckria diffusa sp nov., Burtdiolderia arboris sp nov., Burkholderia seminalis sp nov and Burkholderia metallica sp nov., novel species within the Burkholderia cepacia complex. Int J Syst Evol Micr. 2008 58 1580-90. 

BambL is a fucose selective lectin from Burkholderia ambifaria, which self-assembles into a trimeric p-propeller fold presenting six binding sites. Whilst the exact role of the lectin in infection has not been ascertained, it is believed to be of therapeutic relevance, as the bacterium is a component of the Burkholderia cepacia complex associated with acute and chronic respiratory disease [57]. 

Miller S, LiPuma J, Parke J (2002) Culttne-based and non-growth-dependent detection of the Burkholderia cepacia complex in soil environments. Appl Environ Microbiol 68(8) 3750-3758 Mosier N, Wyman C, Dale B, Elander R, Lee YY, Holtzapple M, Ladisch M (2005) Eeatures of pnnnising teehnologies for pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass. Bioresonr Technol 96(6) 673-686... 

X-ray absorption spectroscopy has been performed on the isolated Rieske protein from bovine heart mitochondrial bc complex 69) as well as on the Rieske-type cluster in Burkholderia cepacia phthalate dioxygenase (PDO) (72). The analysis performed by Powers et al. 69) was significantly hampered by the fact that the presence of two histidine ligands was not fully recognized therefore, only the results obtained with the dioxygenase where the mononuclear iron has been depleted will be considered here. Table VII gives a comparison of the distances obtained from the fit of the EXAFS spectra assuming an idealized Rieske model and of the distances in the crystal structures... 

The complexity introduced by exposure of an established mixed culture growing with a single substrate to an alternative cosubstrate is illustrated by the following. A stable mixed culture of Pseudomonas putida mt-2, P. putida FI, P. putida GJ31, and Burkholderia cepacia G4 growing with limited concentrations of toluene was established. Exposure to TCE for a month resulted in the loss of viability of the last three organisms, and resulted in a culture dominated by P. putida mt-2 from which mutants had fortuitously arisen (Mars et al. 1998). 

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