Genomic plasticity of the causative agent of melioidosis, Burkholderia pseudomallei.

MT, Holden; RW, Titball; SJ, Peacock; AM, Cerdeño-Tárraga; T, Atkins; LC, Crossman; T, Pitt; C, Churcher; K, Mungall; SD, Bentley; M, Sebaihia; NR, Thomson; N, Bason; IR, Beacham; K, Brooks; KA, Brown; NF, Brown; GL, Challis; I, Cherevach; T, Chillingworth; A, Cronin; B, Crossett; P, Davis; D, DeShazer; T, Feltwell; A, Fraser; Z, Hance; H, Hauser; S, Holroyd; K, Jagels; KE, Keith; M, Maddison; S, Moule; C, Price; MA, Quail; E, Rabbinowitsch; K, Rutherford; M, Sanders; M, Simmonds; S, Songsivilai; K, Stevens; S, Tumapa; M, Vesaratchavest; S, Whitehead; C, Yeats; BG, Barrell; PC, Oyston; J, Parkhill

doi:10.1073/pnas.0403302101

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Genomic plasticity of the causative agent of melioidosis, Burkholderia pseudomallei.

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Holden MT

Titball RW

Peacock SJ

Abstract

Burkholderia pseudomallei is a recognized biothreat agent and the causative agent of melioidosis. This Gram-negative bacterium exists as a soil saprophyte in melioidosis-endemic areas of the world and accounts for 20% of community-acquired septicaemias in northeastern Thailand where half of those af...

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