Phenotypic methods for determining genomovar status of the Burkholderia cepacia complex

Henry, D. A., Mahenthiralingam, Eshwar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9014-3790, Vandamme, P., Coenye, T. and Speert, D. P. 2001. Phenotypic methods for determining genomovar status of the Burkholderia cepacia complex. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 39 (3) , pp. 1073-1078. 10.1128/JCM.39.3.1073-1078.2001

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Abstract

Recent taxonomic advances have demonstrated that Burkholderia cepacia is a cluster of at least seven closely related genomic species (or genomovars) collectively referred to as the B. cepacia complex, all of which may cause infections among cystic fibrosis patients and other vulnerable individuals. Thus, it is important for clinical microbiologists to be able to differentiate genomovars. Prior to this study, 361 B. cepacia complex isolates and 51 isolates easily confused with B. cepaciacomplex previously had been identified using a polyphasic approach, and in this study, a comparison of phenotypic and biochemical tests was carried out. It was determined that Burkholderia multivorans and Burkholderia stabilis could reliably be separated from other members of the B. cepacia complex by phenotypic methods. A combination of phenotypic and molecular tests such as recA PCR and 16S rRNA RFLP are recommended for differentiation among the genomovars of the B. cepaciacomplex. A biochemical reaction scheme for the identification ofB. gladioli, Pandoraea species, and Ralstonia pickettii and the differentiation of these species from theB. cepacia complex is also presented.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences
Publisher:	American Society of Microbiology
ISSN:	0095-1137
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2022 09:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/64087

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