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Contribution of gene loss to the pathogenic evolution of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jul 2004
Moore Richard A, Reckseidler-Zenteno Shauna, Kim Heenam, Nierman William, Yu Yan, Tuanyok Apichai, Warawa Jonathan, DeShazer David, Woods Donald E
Abstract excerpt
Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis. Burkholderia thailandensis is a closely related species that can readily utilize l-arabinose as a sole carbon source, whereas B. pseudomallei cannot. We used Tn5-OT182 mutagenesis to isolate an arabinose-negative mutant of B. thaila...
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