Extreme antimicrobial peptide and polymyxin B resistance in the genus Burkholderia.

"Conflict of Interest Statement The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest."

"The authors wish to thank past and present members of the Valvano laboratory for many discussions about B. cenocepacia, lipopolysaccharide, antibiotic resistance, and other relevant topics. Slade A. Loutet was supported by a Cystic Fibrosis Canada studentship and a portion of this work appeared in his Ph.D. thesis. Work on B. cenocepacia in Miguel A. Valvano’s lab is supported by operating grants from Cystic Fibrosis Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Special Initiative on Novel Antimicrobials, and the B. cepacia microarray initiative from the U.S. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Miguel A. Valvano holds a Canada Research Chair in Infectious Diseases and Microbial Pathogenesis and the Cystic Fibrosis Canada Zeller’s Senior Researcher Award."