| General Information of MIC (ID: MIC00281) |
| MIC Name |
Burkholderia cepacia (beta-proteobacteria)
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| MIC Synonyms |
Pseudomonas cepacia
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| Body Site |
Lung
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| Lineage |
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Burkholderiaceae
Genus: Burkholderia
Species: Burkholderia cepacia
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| Oxygen Sensitivity |
Aerobe
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| Microbial Metabolism |
Glycolysis
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| Gram |
Negative
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| Host Relationship |
Opportunistic pathogen
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| Genome Size (bp) |
8605945
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| No. of Coding Genes |
7510
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| No. of Non-Coding Genes |
83
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| No. of Small Non-Coding Genes |
83
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| No. of Gene Transcripts |
7593
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| No. of Base Pairs |
8947129
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| Description |
Burkholderia cepacia is an aerobic, Gram-negative bacterium. B. cepacia is an opportunistic human pathogen that most often causes pneumonia in immunocompromised individuals with underlying lung disease. Patients with sickle-cell haemoglobinopathies are also at risk.
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| Disease Relevance |
| Granulomatous disease [ICD-11: 4A00] |
| Description |
Burkholderia cepacia can cause chronic granulomatous disease. |
[1] |
| Inflammatory bowel disease [ICD-11: DD72] |
| Description |
Burkholderia cepacia is associated with inflammatory bowel disease. |
[2] |
| Lymphadenitis [ICD-11: BD90] |
| Description |
Burkholderia cepacia can cause lymphadenitis. |
[1] |
| Skin abscesses [ICD-11: 1B75] |
| Description |
Burkholderia cepacia can cause cutaneous abscesses. |
[1] |
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