RRC ID 1033
Author Jiao Z, Kawamura Y, Mishima N, Yang R, Li N, Liu X, Ezaki T.
Title Need to differentiate lethal toxin-producing strains of Burkholderia gladioli, which cause severe food poisoning: description of B. gladioli pathovar cocovenenans and an emended description of B. gladioli.
Journal Microbiol Immunol
Abstract Burkholderia cocovenenans produces a lethal toxin (Bongkrekic acid) that leads to high fatality in food poisoning cases. However, B. cocovenenans was combined in Burkholderia gladioli in 1999. B. gladioli was originally described as a phytopathogenic bacteria that sometimes causes pneumonia in humans and that acts as an opportunistic pathogen. We thought that it was clinically dangerous to describe these two species without considering their pathogenicities. From our data of 16S rRNA sequence analysis, DNA-DNA hybridization, and fatty acid analysis, we could confirm that B. cocovenenans and B. gladioli should be categorized as a single species. However the species really weaved lethal toxin-producing strains with non-lethal strains. To emphasize that B. gladioli contains two different pathogens, we describe a new pathovar, B. gladioli pathovar cocovenenans, for the lethal toxin-producing strains. We provide characteristics that differentiate this lethal toxin-producing pathovar from other phytopathogenic pathovars within B. gladioli, together with an emended description of B. gladioli.
Volume 47(12)
Pages 915-25
Published 2003-1-1
DOI 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2003.tb03465.x
PMID 14695441
MeSH Animals Bacterial Toxins / biosynthesis Bacterial Toxins / poisoning Bacterial Typing Techniques Base Composition Bongkrekic Acid / biosynthesis* Bongkrekic Acid / poisoning Burkholderia gladioli / classification* Burkholderia gladioli / genetics Burkholderia gladioli / metabolism Burkholderia gladioli / pathogenicity* DNA, Bacterial / chemistry DNA, Bacterial / isolation & purification DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry DNA, Ribosomal / isolation & purification Fatty Acids / analysis Foodborne Diseases / microbiology* Mice Molecular Sequence Data Nucleic Acid Hybridization Phenotype Phylogeny RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics Sequence Analysis, DNA
IF 1.566
Times Cited 23
WOS Category IMMUNOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY
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