Burkholderia cepacia Complex Taxon K: Where to Split?

ABSTRACT: The objective of the present study was to provide an updated classification for Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) taxon K isolates. A representative set of 39 taxon K isolates were analyzed through multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and phylogenomic analyses. MLST analysis revealed the presence of at least six clusters of sequence types (STs) within taxon K, two of which contain the type strains of Burkholderia contaminans (ST-102) and Burkholderia lata (ST-101), and four corresponding to the previously defined taxa Other Bcc groups C, G, H and M. This clustering was largely supported by a phylogenomic tree which revealed three main clades. Isolates of B. contaminans and of Other Bcc groups C, G, and H represented a first clade which generally shared average nuc

SUBMITTER: Depoorter E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7372133 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature