Draft Genome Sequences of Burkholderia contaminans, a Burkholderia cepacia Complex Species That Is Increasingly Recovered from Cystic Fibrosis Patients

Ruhi A M Bloodworth; Carrie Selin; Maria Agustina López De Volder; Pavel Drevinek; Laura Galanternik; José Degrossi; Silvia T Cardona

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00766-15

Draft Genome Sequences of Burkholderia contaminans, a Burkholderia cepacia Complex Species That Is Increasingly Recovered from Cystic Fibrosis Patients

Genome Announc. 2015 Aug 6;3(4):e00766-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00766-15.

Authors

Ruhi A M Bloodworth¹, Carrie Selin¹, Maria Agustina López De Volder², Pavel Drevinek³, Laura Galanternik⁴, José Degrossi², Silvia T Cardona⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
² Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
³ Department of Medical Microbiology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.
⁴ Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutierrez, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁵ Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Disease, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada silvia.cardona@umanitoba.ca.

Abstract

Burkholderia contaminans belongs to the Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC), a group of bacteria that are ubiquitous in the environment and capable of infecting the immunocompromised and people with cystic fibrosis. We report here draft genome sequences for the B. contaminans type strain LMG 23361 and an Argentinian cystic fibrosis sputum isolate.