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Maciel ALP, Schmitt C, Baraldi MM, Silva CDL, Oliveira LFVD, Sampaio JLM, Lourenço RF, Levin AS, Boszczowski I. How new molecular tools can help bugbusters: a Burkholderia cepacia complex outbreak investigation. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2020; 62:e59. [PMID: 32876297 PMCID: PMC7458077 DOI: 10.1590/s1678-9946202062059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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An outbreak of bloodstream infection (BSI) caused by members of the Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) took place from March 2012 until April 2014 involving thirteen patients. AIM To describe an outbreak investigation of BSI Bcc and showing how genetic sequencing tools contributed to confirm the hypothesis of extrinsic contamination proposed by an observational study. METHODS The Infection Control Department revised and reinforced good practices of infusion therapy and catheter care, visits to affected wards, a case control study, and environmental screening based on the case-control findings. RESULTS Data from the case-control study found an association of cases with central venous catheter (OR 1.36; CI 1.15-1.67) and intravenous cisatracurium use (OR 10.75; CI 1.67-68.89). Visits to the operatory block revealed problems related to the cold chain used for the preservation of thermolabile cisatracurium. We could not retrieve Bcc from environmental samples using classic microbiology. New samples from the same surfaces were obtained for genetic sequencing. Bcc was identified in the cooler box, refrigerator and reusable ice packages. CONCLUSION Environmental screening using genetic sequencing proved to be a useful tool for confirming our hypothesis of extrinsic contamination raised by the case-control study.
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- Amanda Luiz Pires Maciel
- Serviço de Controle de Infecção Hospitalar, Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Serviço de Controle de Infecção Hospitalar, Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Serviço de Controle de Infecção Hospitalar, Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Serviço de Controle de Infecção Hospitalar, Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Evolução, Microbiologia e Imunologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Moléstias Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Serviço de Controle de Infecção Hospitalar, Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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A comparison of culture-based, real-time PCR, droplet digital PCR and flow cytometric methods for the detection of Burkholderia cepacia complex in nuclease-free water and antiseptics. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 47:475-484. [PMID: 32671501 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-020-02287-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The presence of Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) strains has resulted in recalls of pharmaceutical products, since these opportunistic pathogens can cause serious infections. Rapid and sensitive diagnostic methods to detect BCC are crucial to determine contamination levels. We evaluated bacterial cultures, real-time PCR (qPCR), droplet digital PCR (ddPCR), and flow cytometry to detect BCC in nuclease-free water, in chlorhexidine gluconate (CHX) and benzalkonium chloride (BZK) solutions. Twenty BCC strains were each suspended (1, 10, 100, and 1000 CFU/ml) in autoclaved nuclease-free water, 10 μg/ml CHX, and 50 μg/ml BZK. Five replicates of each strain were tested at each concentration (20 strains × 4 concentrations × 5 replicates = 400 tests) to detect BCC using the aforementioned four methods. We demonstrated the potential of ddPCR and flow cytometry as more sensitive alternatives to culture-based methods to detect BCC in autoclaved nuclease-free water and antiseptics samples.
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Seng R, Saiprom N, Phunpang R, Baltazar CJ, Boontawee S, Thodthasri T, Silakun W, Chantratita N. Prevalence and genetic diversity of Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates in the environment near a patient's residence in Northeast Thailand. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2019; 13:e0007348. [PMID: 31002718 PMCID: PMC6493765 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Revised: 05/01/2019] [Accepted: 03/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, a severe infectious disease in tropical regions. It is necessary to understand the risk of acquiring this infection from the environment. METHODOLOGY /PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The prevalence, concentration and genetic diversity of B. pseudomallei isolates collected from two sites in Buriram, Northeast Thailand were investigated. Forty-four environmental samples (18 from soil, 14 from rice rhizosphere, and 12 from water) were collected; of those 44 samples, 19 were collected from near a patient's residence and 25 from suspected exposure sites and compared with 10 clinical isolates of the patient. Quantitative culture was performed, and B. pseudomallei was identified using the latex agglutination test and matrix-laser absorption ionisation mass spectrometry. Genotyping was performed in 162 colonies from clinical (N = 10) and environmental samples (N = 152) using pulse-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) followed by multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) of the clinical strain. B. pseudomallei was detected in 11 of the 44 environmental samples (1 from soil, 4 from rice rhizosphere, and 6 from water). The bacterial count in the positive soil sample was 115 CFU/g. The mean concentrations ± SDs of B. pseudomallei in the positive water and rhizosphere samples were 5.1 ± 5.5 CFU/ml and 80 ± 49 CFU/g, respectively. Six water samples with positive results were collected from a pond and water sources for drinking and daily use. All colonies isolated from the patient shared the same PFGE type (PT) indicating monoclonal infection of ST99. Although the 152 colonies from environmental isolates exhibited 25 PTs, none were identical to the patient's isolates. PT5 and PT7 were most common genotype among the environmental samples. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Diverse genotypes of B. pseudomallei were prevalent in the environment. However, the patient may have been infected with a low-density genotype. Intervention strategies for preventing B. pseudomallei infection are required.
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- Rathanin Seng
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States America
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Buriram hospital, Buriram, Thailand
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Bragonzi A, Paroni M, Pirone L, Coladarci I, Ascenzioni F, Bevivino A. Environmental Burkholderia cenocepacia Strain Enhances Fitness by Serial Passages during Long-Term Chronic Airways Infection in Mice. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18112417. [PMID: 29135920 PMCID: PMC5713385 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18112417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2017] [Revised: 11/08/2017] [Accepted: 11/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Burkholderia cenocepacia is an important opportunistic pathogen in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, and has also been isolated from natural environments. In previous work, we explored the virulence and pathogenic potential of environmental B. cenocepacia strains and demonstrated that they do not differ from clinical strains in some pathogenic traits. Here, we investigated the ability of the environmental B. cenocepacia Mex1 strain, isolated from the maize rhizosphere, to persist and increase its virulence after serial passages in a mouse model of chronic infection. B. cenocepacia Mex1 strain, belonging to the recA lineage IIIA, was embedded in agar beads and challenged into the lung of C57Bl/6 mice. The mice were sacrificed after 28 days from infection and their lungs were tested for bacterial loads. Agar beads containing the pool of B. cenocepacia colonies from the four sequential passages were used to infect the mice. The environmental B. cenocepacia strain showed a low incidence of chronic infection after the first passage; after the second, third and fourth passages in mice, its ability to establish chronic infection increased significantly and progressively up to 100%. Colonial morphology analysis and genetic profiling of the Mex1-derived clones recovered after the fourth passage from infected mice revealed that they were indistinguishable from the challenged strain both at phenotypic and genetic level. By testing the virulence of single clones in the Galleria mellonella infection model, we found that two Mex1-derived clones significantly increased their pathogenicity compared to the parental Mex1 strain and behaved similarly to the clinical and epidemic B. cenocepacia LMG16656T. Our findings suggest that serial passages of the environmental B. cenocepacia Mex1 strain in mice resulted in an increased ability to determine chronic lung infection and the appearance of clonal variants with increased virulence in non-vertebrate hosts.
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- Alessandra Bragonzi
- Infections and Cystic Fibrosis Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy.
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- Infections and Cystic Fibrosis Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy.
- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy.
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- Territorial and Production Systems Sustainability Department, ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Casaccia Research Center, 00123 Rome, Italy.
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- Biology and Biotechnology Department "Charles Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
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- Biology and Biotechnology Department "Charles Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
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- Territorial and Production Systems Sustainability Department, ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Casaccia Research Center, 00123 Rome, Italy.
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Peeters C, Depoorter E, Praet J, Vandamme P. Extensive cultivation of soil and water samples yields various pathogens in patients with cystic fibrosis but not Burkholderia multivorans. J Cyst Fibros 2016; 15:769-775. [PMID: 26996269 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2016.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2016] [Revised: 02/26/2016] [Accepted: 02/29/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND While the epidemiology of Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) bacteria in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients suggests that Burkholderia multivorans is acquired from environmental sources, this species has rarely been isolated from soil and water samples. METHODS Multiple isolation strategies were applied to water and soil samples that were previously shown to be B. multivorans PCR positive. These included direct plating and liquid enrichment procedures and the use of selective media, acclimatizing recovery and co-cultivation with CF sputum. MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and sequence analysis of 16S rRNA and housekeeping genes were used to identify all isolates. RESULTS None of the approaches yielded B. multivorans isolates. Other Burkholderia species, several Gram-negative non-fermenting bacteria (including Cupriavidus, Inquilinus, Pandoraea, Pseudomonas and Stenotrophomonas) and rapidly growing mycobacteria (including Mycobacterium chelonae) were all isolated from water and soil samples. CONCLUSIONS The use of Bcc isolation media yielded a surprisingly wide array of rare but often clinically relevant CF pathogens, confirming that soil and water are reservoirs of these infectious agents.
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- Charlotte Peeters
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Ghent University, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Ghent University, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Ghent University, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Ghent University, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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Vidal-Quist JC, O'Sullivan LA, Desert A, Fivian-Hughes AS, Millet C, Jones TH, Weightman AJ, Rogers HJ, Berry C, Mahenthiralingam E. Arabidopsis thaliana and Pisum sativum models demonstrate that root colonization is an intrinsic trait of Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteria. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2014; 160:373-384. [PMID: 24327425 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.074351-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) bacteria possess biotechnologically useful properties that contrast with their opportunistic pathogenicity. The rhizosphere fitness of Bcc bacteria is central to their biocontrol and bioremediation activities. However, it is not known whether this differs between species or between environmental and clinical strains. We investigated the ability of 26 Bcc strains representing nine different species to colonize the roots of Arabidopsis thaliana and Pisum sativum (pea). Viable counts, scanning electron microscopy and bioluminescence imaging were used to assess root colonization, with Bcc bacteria achieving mean (±sem) levels of 2.49±0.23×10(6) and 5.16±1.87×10(6) c.f.u. per centimetre of root on the A. thaliana and P. sativum models, respectively. The A. thaliana rhizocompetence model was able to reveal loss of colonization phenotypes in Burkholderia vietnamiensis G4 transposon mutants that had only previously been observed in competition experiments on the P. sativum model. Different Bcc species colonized each plant model at different rates, and no statistical difference in root colonization was observed between isolates of clinical or environmental origin. Loss of the virulence-associated third chromosomal replicon (>1 Mb DNA) did not alter Bcc root colonization on A. thaliana. In summary, Bcc bacteria possess intrinsic root colonization abilities irrespective of their species or source. As Bcc rhizocompetence does not require their third chromosomal replicon, the possibility of using synthetic biology approaches to engineer virulence-attenuated biotechnological strains is tractable.
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- J Cristian Vidal-Quist
- Organisms and Environment Division, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Organisms and Environment Division, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Organisms and Environment Division, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, G20 Flowers Building, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Organisms and Environment Division, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Organisms and Environment Division, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Organisms and Environment Division, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Organisms and Environment Division, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Organisms and Environment Division, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Organisms and Environment Division, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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Ligeour C, Audfray A, Gillon E, Meyer A, Galanos N, Vidal S, Vasseur JJ, Imberty A, Morvan F. Synthesis of branched-phosphodiester and mannose-centered fucosylated glycoclusters and their binding studies with Burkholderia ambifaria lectin (BambL). RSC Adv 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra43807d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Diversity of potential pathogenicity and biofilm formation among Burkholderia cepacia complex water, clinical, and agricultural isolates in China. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 28:2113-23. [PMID: 22806034 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-012-1016-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2011] [Accepted: 01/30/2012] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A collection of 70 Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates, recovered from clinical, water, and agricultural resources in China in our previous studies, were tested to assess their potential pathogenicity and association of biofilm formation with pathogenicity. The pathogenicity was tested in the alternative infection models alfalfa, detached lettuce midrib, Galleria mellonella (wax moth), rat agar bead, and lettuce intact leaves. Severe to moderate pathogenicity were observed for isolates of clinical and water origin compared to agricultural isolates, with the exception of a few clinical isolates exhibiting reduced pathogenicity. Virulent isolates persisted in rat lungs until 21 days post infection causing histopathological changes like inflammation, while in lettuce midrib tissues invasion, localization, and replication of bacteria were observed. Biofilm formation ability was also documented in high frequency among water and clinical virulent isolates compared to agricultural isolates. Although variations in pathogenicity were observed for a few isolates, results obtained from different model systems including lettuce were consistent. Our studies indicate that water and clinical isolates showed severe virulence and strong biofilm formation ability compared to agricultural isolates. The results also show lettuce as a promising infection model not only to study the pathogenicity factors used by Bcc bacteria but also for characterization the in vivo transcriptional profile for different niches adaptation of this opportunistic pathogen.
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Lin HH, Chen YS, Li YC, Tseng IL, Hsieh TH, Buu LM, Chen YL. Burkholderia multivorans acts as an antagonist against the growth of Burkholderia pseudomallei in soil. Microbiol Immunol 2012; 55:616-24. [PMID: 21752084 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2011.00365.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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In this study, it was demonstrated, by using agar diffusion tests and a Transwell system, that Burkholderia multivorans NKI379 has an antagonistic effect against the growth of B. pseudomallei. Bacterial representatives were isolated from agricultural crop soil and mixed to construct a partial bacterial community structure that was based on the results of reproducible patterns following PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis of total soil chromosomes. The antagonistic effect of B. multivorans on B. pseudomallei was observed in this imitate community. In a field study of agricultural crop soil, the presence of B. pseudomallei was inversely related to the presence of the antagonistic strains B. multivorans or B. cenocepacia. B. multivorans NKI379 can survive in a broader range of pH, temperatures and salt concentrations than B. pseudomallei, suggesting that B. multivorans can adapt to extreme environmental changes and therefore predominates over B. pseudomallei in natural environments.
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- Hsi-Hsun Lin
- Department of Infectious Disease, E-DA Hospital/I-Shou University Division of Infectious Diseases, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Audfray A, Claudinon J, Abounit S, Ruvoën-Clouet N, Larson G, Smith DF, Wimmerová M, Le Pendu J, Römer W, Varrot A, Imberty A. Fucose-binding lectin from opportunistic pathogen Burkholderia ambifaria binds to both plant and human oligosaccharidic epitopes. J Biol Chem 2011; 287:4335-47. [PMID: 22170069 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.314831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Burkholderia ambifaria is generally associated with the rhizosphere of plants where it has biocontrol effects on other microorganisms. It is also a member of the Burkholderia cepacia complex, a group of closely related bacteria that cause lung infections in immunocompromised patients as well as in patients with granulomatous disease or cystic fibrosis. Our previous work indicated that fucose on human epithelia is a frequent target for lectins and adhesins of lung pathogens (Sulák, O., Cioci, G., Lameignère, E., Balloy, V., Round, A., Gutsche, I., Malinovská, L., Chignard, M., Kosma, P., Aubert, D. F., Marolda, C. L., Valvano, M. A., Wimmerová, M., and Imberty, A. (2011) PLoS Pathog. 7, e1002238). Analysis of the B. ambifaria genome identified BambL as a putative fucose-binding lectin. The 87-amino acid protein was produced recombinantly and demonstrated to bind to fucosylated oligosaccharides with a preference for αFuc1-2Gal epitopes. Crystal structures revealed that it associates as a trimer with two fucose-binding sites per monomer. The overall fold is a six-bladed β-propeller formed by oligomerization as in the Ralstonia solanacearum lectin and not by sequential domains like the fungal fucose lectin from Aleuria aurantia. The affinity of BambL for small fucosylated glycans is very high as demonstrated by microcalorimetry (K(D) < 1 μM). Plant cell wall oligosaccharides and human histo-blood group oligosaccharides H-type 2 and Lewis Y are bound with equivalent efficiency. Binding to artificial glycosphingolipid-containing vesicles, human saliva, and lung tissues confirmed that BambL could recognize a wide spectrum of fucosylated epitopes, albeit with a lower affinity for biological material from nonsecretor individuals.
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- Aymeric Audfray
- Centre de Recherche sur les Macromolécules Végétales (CERMAV)-CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier and Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Grenoble, 38041 Grenoble, France
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Bevivino A, Costa B, Cantale C, Cesarini S, Chiarini L, Tabacchioni S, Caballero-Mellado J, Dalmastri C. Genetic relationships among Italian and Mexican maize-rhizosphere Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) populations belonging to Burkholderia cenocepacia IIIB and BCC6 group. BMC Microbiol 2011; 11:228. [PMID: 21995705 PMCID: PMC3377929 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-11-228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2011] [Accepted: 10/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background A close association between maize roots and Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) bacteria has been observed in different locations globally. In this study we investigated by MultiLocus Restriction Typing (MLRT) the genetic diversity and relationships among Burkholderia cenocepacia IIIB and BCC6 populations associated with roots of maize plants cultivated in geographically distant countries (Italy and Mexico), in order to provide new insights into their population structure, evolution and ecology. Results The 31 B. cenocepacia IIIB and 65 BCC6 isolates gave rise to 29 and 39 different restriction types (RTs), respectively. Two pairs of isolates of B. cenocepacia IIIB and BCC6, recovered from both Italian and Mexican maize rhizospheres, were found to share the same RT. The eBURST (Based Upon Related Sequence Types) analysis of MLRT data grouped all the B. cenocepacia IIIB isolates into four clonal complexes, with the RT-4-complex including the 42% of them, while the majority of the BCC6 isolates (94%) were grouped into the RT-104-complex. These two main clonal complexes included RTs shared by both Italian and Mexican maize rhizospheres and a clear relationship between grouping and maize variety was also found. Grouping established by eBURST correlated well with the assessment using unweighted-pair group method with arithmetic mean (UPGMA). The standardized index of association values obtained in both B. cenocepacia IIIB and BCC6 suggests an epidemic population structure in which occasional clones emerge and spread. Conclusions Taken together our data demonstrate a wide dispersal of certain B. cenocepacia IIIB and BCC6 isolates in Mexican and Italian maize rhizospheres. Despite the clear relationship found between the geographic origin of isolates and grouping, identical RTs and closely related isolates were observed in geographically distant regions. Ecological factors and selective pressure may preferably promote some genotypes within each local microbial population, favouring the spread of a single clone above the rest of the recombinant population.
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- Annamaria Bevivino
- ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Development) Casaccia Research Center-Technical Unit for Sustainable Development and Innovation of Agro-Industrial System, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 S, Maria di Galeria, Rome, Italy.
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Fang Y, Xie GL, Lou MM, Li B, Muhammad I. Diversity analysis of Burkholderia cepacia complex in the water bodies of West Lake, Hangzhou, China. J Microbiol 2011; 49:309-14. [PMID: 21538256 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-011-0267-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2010] [Accepted: 11/30/2010] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A survey of Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) species was conducted in water bodies of West Lake in China. A total of 670 bacterial isolates were recovered on selective media. Out of them, 39.6% (265 isolates) were assigned to the following species: Burkholderia multivorans, Burkholderia cenocepacia recA lineage IIIA, IIIB, Burkholderia stabilis, Burkholderia vietnamiensis, and Burkholderia seminalis while B. cenocepacia is documented as a dominant Bcc species in water of West Lake. In addition, all Bcc isolates tested were PCR negative for the cblA and esmR transmissibility marker genes except B. cenocepacia IIIB A8 which was positive for esmR genelater. The present study raises great concerns on the role of West Lake as a "reservoir" for potential Bcc pathogenic strains.
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- Yuan Fang
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, P R China
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The Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) is a group of genetically related environmental bacteria that can cause chronic opportunistic infections in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and other underlying diseases. These infections are difficult to treat due to the inherent resistance of the bacteria to antibiotics. Bacteria can spread between CF patients through social contact and sometimes cause cepacia syndrome, a fatal pneumonia accompanied by septicemia. Burkholderia cenocepacia has been the focus of attention because initially it was the most common Bcc species isolated from patients with CF in North America and Europe. Today, B. cenocepacia, along with Burkholderia multivorans, is the most prevalent Bcc species in patients with CF. Given the progress that has been made in our understanding of B. cenocepacia over the past decade, we thought that it was an appropriate time to review our knowledge of the pathogenesis of B. cenocepacia, paying particular attention to the characterization of virulence determinants and the new tools that have been developed to study them. A common theme emerging from these studies is that B. cenocepacia establishes chronic infections in immunocompromised patients, which depend more on determinants mediating host niche adaptation than those involved directly in host cells and tissue damage.
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- Slade A. Loutet
- Centre for Human Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Human Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Diversity of Burkholderia cepacia complex from the Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) rhizhosphere soil. Curr Microbiol 2010; 62:650-8. [PMID: 20882285 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-010-9758-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2010] [Accepted: 09/02/2010] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to determine the existence of Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) at species level and the predominant species in the environment of moso bamboo plantations in Hangzhou, China. A total of 423 isolates were recovered from moso bamboo rhizhosphere soil samples of three sites on the selective medium during 2007-2008. Isolates were identified by Bcc-specific PCR assays, followed by recA-restriction fragment length polymorphism assays, species-specific PCR analysis, recA gene sequencing, multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme, and BOX-PCR fingerprinting for genomic diversity. Out of 423 isolates, 278 isolates were assigned to the following Bcc species, eight B. stabilis, 26 B. anthina, 193 B. pyrrocinia, and 51 B. arboris, which indicated B. pyrrocinia as the most dominant species followed by B. arboris. Moreover, false positives were observed in certain isolates of B. arboris while performing species-specific PCR test. Furthermore, the results of recA gene sequence similarity and MLST data demonstrated that nine isolates formed a single discrete cluster but were PCR negative to species-specific primers representing novel species may exist within the Bcc. In addition, BOX-PCR fingerprinting for all the Bcc isolates also showed the strain diversity. It is the first report of the existence of B. arboris and predominance of B. pyrrocinia in the moso bamboo environment.
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Cesarini S, Bevivino A, Tabacchioni S, Chiarini L, Dalmastri C. RecAgene sequence and Multilocus Sequence Typing for species-level resolution ofBurkholderia cepaciacomplex isolates. Lett Appl Microbiol 2009; 49:580-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2009.02709.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Characterization of Burkholderia cepacia complex from cystic fibrosis patients in China and their chitosan susceptibility. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-009-0187-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Schönmann S, Loy A, Wimmersberger C, Sobek J, Aquino C, Vandamme P, Frey B, Rehrauer H, Eberl L. 16S rRNA gene-based phylogenetic microarray for simultaneous identification of members of the genus Burkholderia. Environ Microbiol 2009; 11:779-800. [PMID: 19396938 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01800.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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For cultivation-independent and highly parallel analysis of members of the genus Burkholderia, an oligonucleotide microarray (phylochip) consisting of 131 hierarchically nested 16S rRNA gene-targeted oligonucleotide probes was developed. A novel primer pair was designed for selective amplification of a 1.3 kb 16S rRNA gene fragment of Burkholderia species prior to microarray analysis. The diagnostic performance of the microarray for identification and differentiation of Burkholderia species was tested with 44 reference strains of the genera Burkholderia, Pandoraea, Ralstonia and Limnobacter. Hybridization patterns based on presence/absence of probe signals were interpreted semi-automatically using the novel likelihood-based strategy of the web-tool Phylo- Detect. Eighty-eight per cent of the reference strains were correctly identified at the species level. The evaluated microarray was applied to investigate shifts in the Burkholderia community structure in acidic forest soil upon addition of cadmium, a condition that selected for Burkholderia species. The microarray results were in agreement with those obtained from phylogenetic analysis of Burkholderia 16S rRNA gene sequences recovered from the same cadmiumcontaminated soil, demonstrating the value of the Burkholderia phylochip for determinative and environmental studies.
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- Susan Schönmann
- Institute of Plant Biology, Department of Microbiology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland
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Identification and onion pathogenicity of Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates from the onion rhizosphere and onion field soil. Appl Environ Microbiol 2008; 74:3121-9. [PMID: 18344334 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01941-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Burkholderia cepacia complex strains are genetically related but phenotypically diverse organisms that are important opportunistic pathogens in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF,) as well as pathogens of onion and banana, colonizers of the rhizospheres of many plant species, and common inhabitants of bulk soil. Genotypic identification and pathogenicity characterization were performed on B. cepacia complex isolates from the rhizosphere of onion and organic soils in Michigan. A total of 3,798 putative B. cepacia complex isolates were recovered on Pseudomonas cepacia azelaic acid tryptamine and trypan blue tetracycline semiselective media during the 2004 growing season from six commercial onion fields located in two counties in Michigan. Putative B. cepacia complex isolates were identified by hybridization to a 16S rRNA gene probe, followed by duplex PCR using primers targeted to the 16S rRNA gene and recA sequences and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the recA sequence. A total of 1,290 isolates, 980 rhizosphere and 310 soil isolates, were assigned to the species B. cepacia (160), B. cenocepacia (480), B. ambifaria (623), and B. pyrrocinia (27). The majority of isolates identified as B. cepacia (85%), B. cenocepacia (90%), and B. ambifaria (76%) were pathogenic in a detached onion bulb scale assay and caused symptoms of water soaking, maceration, and/or necrosis. A phylogenetic analysis of recA sequences from representative B. cepacia complex type and panel strains, along with isolates collected in this study, revealed that the B. cenocepacia isolates associated with onion grouped within the III-B lineage and that some strains were closely related to strain AU1054, which was isolated from a CF patient. This study revealed that multiple B. cepacia complex species colonize the onion rhizosphere and have the potential to cause sour skin rot disease of onion. In addition, the onion rhizosphere is a natural habitat and a potential environmental source of B. cenocepacia.
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Dalmastri C, Baldwin A, Tabacchioni S, Bevivino A, Mahenthiralingam E, Chiarini L, Dowson C. Investigating Burkholderia cepacia complex populations recovered from Italian maize rhizosphere by multilocus sequence typing. Environ Microbiol 2008; 9:1632-9. [PMID: 17564598 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01273.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) comprises at least nine closely related species of abundant environmental microorganisms. Some of these species are highly spread in the rhizosphere of several crop plants, particularly of maize; additionally, as opportunistic pathogens, strains of the BCC are capable of colonizing humans. We have developed and validated a multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme for the BCC. Although widely applied to understand the epidemiology of bacterial pathogens, MLST has seen limited application to the population analysis of species residing in the natural environment; we describe its novel application to BCC populations within maize rhizospheres. 115 BCC isolates were recovered from the roots of different maize cultivars from three different Italian regions over a 9-year period (1994-2002). A total of 44 sequence types (STs) were found of which 41 were novel when compared with existing MLST data which encompassed a global database of 1000 clinical and environmental strains representing nearly 400 STs. In this study of rhizosphere isolates approximately 2.5 isolates per ST was found, comparable to that found for the whole BCC population. Multilocus sequence typing also resolved inaccuracies associated with previous identification of the maize isolates based on recA gene restriction fragment length polymorphims and species-specific polymerase chain reaction. The 115 maize isolates comprised the following BCC species groups, B. ambifaria (39%), BCC6 (29%), BCC5 (10%), B. pyrrocinia (8%), B. cenocepacia IIIB (7%) and B. cepacia (6%), with BCC5 and BCC6 potentially constituting novel species groups within the complex. Closely related clonal complexes of strains were identified within B. cepacia, B. cenocepacia IIIB, BCC5 and BCC6, with one of the BCC5 clonal complexes being distributed across all three sampling sites. Overall, our analysis demonstrates that the maize rhizosphere harbours a massive diversity of novel BCC STs, so that their addition to our global MLST database increased the ST diversity by 10%.
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- Claudia Dalmastri
- ENEA C. R. Casaccia - Department of Biotechnologies, Protection of Health and Ecosystems, Rome, Italy
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Mendes R, Pizzirani-Kleiner AA, Araujo WL, Raaijmakers JM. Diversity of cultivated endophytic bacteria from sugarcane: genetic and biochemical characterization of Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates. Appl Environ Microbiol 2007; 73:7259-67. [PMID: 17905875 PMCID: PMC2168197 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01222-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2007] [Accepted: 09/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bacteria were isolated from the rhizosphere and from inside the roots and stems of sugarcane plants grown in the field in Brazil. Endophytic bacteria were found in both the roots and the stems of sugarcane plants, with a significantly higher density in the roots. Many of the cultivated endophytic bacteria were shown to produce the plant growth hormone indoleacetic acid, and this trait was more frequently found among bacteria from the stem. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that the selected isolates of the endophytic bacterial community of sugarcane belong to the genera of Burkholderia, Pantoea, Pseudomonas, and Microbacterium. Bacterial isolates belonging to the genus Burkholderia were the most predominant among the endophytic bacteria. Many of the Burkholderia isolates produced the antifungal metabolite pyrrolnitrin, and all were able to grow at 37 degrees C. Phylogenetic analyses of the 16S rRNA gene and recA gene sequences indicated that the endophytic Burkholderia isolates from sugarcane are closely related to clinical isolates of the Burkholderia cepacia complex and clustered with B. cenocepacia (gv. III) isolates from cystic fibrosis patients. These results suggest that isolates of the B. cepacia complex are an integral part of the endophytic bacterial community of sugarcane in Brazil and reinforce the hypothesis that plant-associated environments may act as a niche for putative opportunistic human pathogenic bacteria.
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- Rodrigo Mendes
- Department of Genetics, University of São Paulo, 13400-970 Piracicaba SP, Brazil
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Zhang L, Xie G. Diversity and distribution of Burkholderia cepacia complex in the rhizosphere of rice and maize. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2007; 266:231-5. [PMID: 17233735 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00530.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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A survey of Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) species was conducted in agricultural fields within Hangzhou, China. Out of the 251 bacterial isolates recovered on the selective media from the rhizosphere of rice and maize, 112 of them were assigned to Bcc by PCR assays. The species composition of the Bcc isolates was analyzed by a combination of recA-restriction fragment length polymorphism assays, species-specific PCR tests and recA gene sequencing. The results revealed that the majority belong to B. cepacia, Burkholderia cenocepacia recA lineage IIIB, Burkholderia vietnamiensis and Burkholderia pyrrocinia. Burkholderia cenocepacia and B. vietnamiensis dominated the rhizosphere of maize and rice, respectively, indicating that species composition and abundance of Bcc may vary dramatically in different crop rhizospheres. In addition, one isolate (R456) formed a single discrete cluster within the phylogenetic analysis of the Bcc recA gene, and it may belong to a new genomovar.
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- Lixin Zhang
- Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Fera MT, Maugeri TL, Gugliandolo C, Bonanno D, La Camera E, Papasergi S, Carbone M. Occurrence of Burkholderia cepacia complex, Ralstonia and Pandoraea species DNAs in the coastal environment of the Straits of Messina (Italy). MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2007; 54:803-8. [PMID: 17360005 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2006] [Revised: 01/18/2007] [Accepted: 01/21/2007] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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- M T Fera
- Dipartimento di Patologia e Microbiologia Sperimentale, Policlinico Universitario, Torre Biologica 2 piano, Università di Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.
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Valvano MA. Infections by Burkholderia spp.: the psychodramatic life of an opportunistic pathogen. Future Microbiol 2006; 1:145-9. [PMID: 17661657 DOI: 10.2217/17460913.1.2.145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Payne GW, Ramette A, Rose HL, Weightman AJ, Jones TH, Tiedje JM, Mahenthiralingam E. Application of a recA gene-based identification approach to the maize rhizosphere reveals novel diversity in Burkholderia species. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2006; 259:126-32. [PMID: 16684112 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00257.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Burkholderia species are widely distributed in the natural environment. We evaluated the use of the recA gene in a cultivation-independent approach to examine the Burkholderia diversity associated with the maize rhizosphere. Two types of recA gene library were constructed, one with broad-specificity recA primers (BUR1 and BUR2) and a second from the products of nested PCRs using Burkholderia-specific primers (BUR3 and BUR4). The broad-specificity primer set provided near full-length recA sequences (869 bp) suitable for the creation of robust environmental sequence data sets; however, the nested PCR approach demonstrated the greatest specificity (84%) for detection of Burkholderia species recA genes. In addition, the screening approach was able to identify recA phylotypes matching Burkholderia cepacia complex species previously cultivated from the maize samples and discriminate these from other Burkholderia. The ecological benefit of Burkholderia species cultivated from maize rhizosphere is well documented, however, the fact that the majority of Burkholderia recA genes detected in this study (90%) were suggestive of novel taxa indicates that a wealth of potentially important interactions with uncultivated Burkholderia species remain unstudied in this habitat.
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- George W Payne
- Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK
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Chiarini L, Bevivino A, Dalmastri C, Tabacchioni S, Visca P. Burkholderia cepacia complex species: health hazards and biotechnological potential. Trends Microbiol 2006; 14:277-86. [PMID: 16684604 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2006.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2005] [Revised: 03/20/2006] [Accepted: 04/21/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The Burkholderia cepacia complex is a group of nine closely related bacterial species that have useful properties in the natural environment as plant pest antagonists, plant growth promoters and degradative agents of toxic substances. Because these species are human opportunistic pathogens, especially in cystic fibrosis patients, biotechnological applications that involve environmental releases have been severely restricted. Recent progress in understanding the taxonomy, epidemiology and ecology of the B. cepacia complex species has unravelled considerable variability in their pathogenicity and ecological properties, which has set the basis for a reassessment of the risk posed by individual species to human health.
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- Luigi Chiarini
- Department of Biotechnology, Protection of Health and Ecosystems, C.R. Casaccia, ENEA, 00060 Rome, Italy.
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