On Burkholderiales order microorganisms and cystic fibrosis in Russia

Background Microbes infecting cystic fibrosis patients’ respiratory tract are important in determining patients’ functional status. Representatives of Burkholderiales order are the most dangerous. The goal of our investigation was to reveal the diversity of Burkholderiales, define of their proportion in the microbiome of various parts of respiratory tract and determine the pathogenicity of the main representatives.