Potential of metabolomics to reveal Burkholderia cepacia complex pathogenesis and antibiotic resistance
The Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) is a collection of closely related, genetically distinct, ecologically diverse species known to cause life-threatening infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. By virtue of a flexible genomic structure and diverse metabolic activity, Bcc bacteria employ a w...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00668/full |