Diversity and significance of Burkholderia species occupying diverse ecological niches

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 719-729

  Coenye, Tom ^a   Vandamme, Peter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX;

EID: 0041350484     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00471.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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