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A horizontal gene transfer event defines two distinct groups within Burkholderia pseudomallei that have dissimilar geographic distributions.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Dec 2007
Tuanyok Apichai, Auerbach Raymond K, Brettin Thomas S, Bruce David C, Munk A Christine, Detter J Chris, Pearson Talima, Hornstra Heidie, Sermswan Rasana W, Wuthiekanun Vanaporn, Peacock Sharon J, Currie Bart J, Keim Paul, Wagner David M
Abstract excerpt
Burkholderia pseudomallei is the etiologic agent of melioidosis. Many disease manifestations are associated with melioidosis, and the mechanisms causing this variation are unknown; genomic differences among strains offer one explanation. We compared the genome sequences of two strains of B. pseudomallei: the original reference strain K96243 from Thailand and strain MSHR305 from Australia. We identified a variable...
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