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Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) was originally recognized as a pathogen of onions. It causes sour skin of onions, what is associated with the yellow/brown coloured soft rot of onion tissue. It is a disease very important economically. Additionally, Burkholderia cepacia has positive environmental effects. The bacteria is able to produce antimicrobial compounds that protect plants, as well as some factors that promote plant growth. B. cepacia also can degrade a wide variety of compounds including pollutants, and therefore it might be used as a bioremediation agent.