Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jul 7, 2026

08:31
Total Protein Extraction and 2-D Gel Electrophoresis Methods for Burkholderia Species
Published on: October 15, 2013
Differential mucoid exopolysaccharide production by members of the Burkholderia cepacia complex
James E A Zlosnik1, Trevor J Hird, Monica C Fraenkel
1Room 377, Child and Family Research Institute, 950 West 28th Ave., Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada. dspeert@cw.bc.ca.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|February 8, 2008
Abstract:
We demonstrate that all nine species of the Burkholderia cepacia complex can express the mucoid phenotype. A survey of clinical isolates showed that strains of B. cenocepacia, the most virulent species of the complex, are most frequently nonmucoid. Additionally, isolates from patients with chronic infections can convert from mucoid to nonmucoid.

