Burkholderia cepacia belongs to a family of Burkholderia species previously described as Pseudomonas cepacia, especially in patients suffering from cystic fibrosis. There are also many studies about this agent in the last decade due to their life-threatening infections and ability to invade mucosal and cellular surfaces. Here, we report a case of soft tissue infection caused by B. cepacia in a ...

Stereochemically pure compounds containing an all carbon quaternary stereocenter based on 1-tetralone, 1-indanone and 4-chromanone scaffolds have been synthesized by employing Lipase PS (Burkholderia cepacia) catalyzed kinetic resolution. These scaffolds are further functionalized by microbial ketoreductase enzymes (Geotrichum candidum, Candida parapsilosis and Aspergillus niger) to access ster...

Toluene oxidation activity in Pseudomonas mendocina KR1 and Pseudomonas sp. strain ENVPC5 was induced by trichloroethylene (TCE), and induction was followed by the degradation of TCE. Higher levels of toluene oxidation activity were achieved in the presence of a supplemental growth substrate such as glutamate, with levels of activity of up to 86% of that observed with toluene-induced cells. Act...

Considered one of the most important enzymes for the biotechnology industries, lipase is a very versatile biocatalyst been target of several researches and review papers and used in many different industrial applications, such as household detergent additive, chemicals and pharmaceutical compounds synthesis, biodiesel production and others. Lipase produced by Burkholderia cepacia was entrapped ...

A regression line for correlating zones of inhibition of a 75-mug mezlocillin disk with minimal inhibitory concentrations of mezlocillin for Enterobacteriaceae and nonfermenters was calculated. Correlation was excellent (r = -0.96) for all species tested except Pseudomonas cepacia.

Pseudomonas cepacia, a Gram negative bacillus first described as a cause of soft rot in onions, is now recognised as an important opportunistic pathogen in altered hosts.' A distant relation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, it is ubiquitous in the environment and frequently found in association with soil, water, and plants. It is a hardy organism, able to multiply in distilled water and survive in ma...

using enrichment procedures, 45 organic solvent-tolerant lipase producer bacterial strains were screened from areas contaminated by oil and organic solvents. among the strains, 15 isolates exhibited extreme stability toward organic solvents and high lipolytic activity. the neb-1 isolate which was later identified as   pseudomonas sp. strain neb-1 by biochemical tests and 16s rdna gene sequ...

Magnetic cellulose nanocrystals (MCNCs) were prepared and used as an enzyme support for immobilization of Pseudomonas cepacialipase (PCL). PCL was successfully immobilized onto MCNCs (PCL@MCNC) by a precipitation-cross-linking method. The resulting PCL@MCNC with a nanoscale size had high enzyme loading (82.2 mg enzyme/g) and activity recovery (95.9%). Compared with free PCL, PCL@MCNC exhibited ...