a: Burkholderia cepacia ATCC (Image Source: ATCC)
b: Burkholderia cepacia (Image Source: Rapid Microbiology)
c: Burkholderia cepacia (Image Source: OMICS International)
d: Burkholderia cepacia complex from respiratory secretions of patients with cystic fibrosis (Image Source: Thermo Scientific)
e: Scanning Electron Micrograph of Burkholderia cepacia (Image Source: Wikipedia)
f: Burkholderia cepacia gram stain (Image Source: DOI: 10.1099/jmmcr.0.005081)
Some of the characteristics are as follows:
| Basic Characteristics | Properties (Burkholderia cepacia) |
| Bacteriocin | Positive (+ve) |
| Capsule | Positive (+ve) |
| Catalase | Positive (+ve) |
| Citrate | Positive (+ve) |
| Flagella | Positive (+ve) |
| Gelatin Hydrolysis | Variable |
| Gram Staining | Gram-stain-negative |
| Hemolysis | Negative (-ve) |
| Motility | Positive(+ve) |
| Nitrate Reduction | Negative (-ve) |
| Oxidase | Variable |
| Pigment | Positive (+ve) |
| Shape | Straight or curved rods |
| Spore | Negative (-ve) |
| Urease | Positive (+ve) |
Fermentation of |
|
| Adonitol | Positive (+ve) |
| Amygdalin | Positive (+ve) |
| Arabinose | Positive (+ve) |
| Arabitol | Positive (+ve) |
| Arbutin | Positive (+ve) |
| Cellobiose | Variable |
| Dulcitol | Positive (+ve) |
| Erythritol | Negative (-ve) |
| Fucose | Positive (+ve) |
| Glucosamine | Positive (+ve) |
| 2-Ketogluconate | Positive (+ve) |
| 5-Ketogluconate | Positive (+ve) |
| Lactose | Negative (-ve) |
| Malonate | Positive (+ve) |
| Maltose | Variable |
| Melibiose | Variable |
| Mucate | Positive (+ve) |
| N-Acetylglucosamine | Positive (+ve) |
| Raffinose | Variable |
| Rhamnose | Variable |
| Ribose | Positive (+ve) |
| Salicin | Positive (+ve) |
| Starch | Negative (-ve) |
| Sucrose | Variable |
| Tagatose | Positive (+ve) |
| Tartrate | Positive (+ve) |
| Trehalose | Negative (-ve) |
| Xylose | Variable |
Enzymatic Reactions |
|
| Arginine Dihydrolase | Negative (-ve) |
| Beta Lactamase | Positive (+ve) |
| ONPG (β-galactosidase) | Positive (+ve) |
| Ornithine Decarboxylase | Variable |
| Phospholipase C | Positive (+ve) |
| Protease | Positive (+ve) |
