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Review
. 2016 May 26:5:F1000 Faculty Rev-1007.
doi: 10.12688/f1000research.8221.1. eCollection 2016.

Members of the genus Burkholderia: good and bad guys

Leo Eberl  1 , Peter Vandamme  2
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Review

Members of the genus Burkholderia: good and bad guys

Leo Eberl et al. F1000Res. .

Abstract

In the 1990s several biocontrol agents on that contained Burkholderia strains were registered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). After risk assessment these products were withdrawn from the market and a moratorium was placed on the registration of Burkholderia-containing products, as these strains may pose a risk to human health. However, over the past few years the number of novel Burkholderia species that exhibit plant-beneficial properties and are normally not isolated from infected patients has increased tremendously. In this commentary we wish to summarize recent efforts that aim at discerning pathogenic from beneficial Burkholderia strains.

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Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

No competing interests were disclosed.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic reconstruction based on 16S rRNA gene sequences of 55 Burkholderia species and Ralstonia solanacearum LMG 2299T (outgroup).
The alignment was performed using SINA v1.2.11 ( http://www.arb-silva.de/aligner/) . After gap removal with TrimAl , the final alignment consisted of 1289 positions. The phylogenetic reconstruction was conducted with MEGA6 using Tamura-Nei evolutionary model with gamma rate distribution (five gamma categories and 70% of invariable sites). Bootstrap test values are shown if greater than 50%. Some phenotypic characteristics are indicated. No boxes indicate that no information is available. The information on the presence of the type III secretion system is taken from .
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