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Genetic and phenotypic diversity in Burkholderia: contributions by prophage and phage-like elements.
BMC microbiology - 28 Jul 2010
Ronning Catherine M, Losada Liliana, Brinkac Lauren, Inman Jason, Ulrich Ricky L, Schell Mark, Nierman William C, Deshazer David
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BACKGROUND: Burkholderia species exhibit enormous phenotypic diversity, ranging from the nonpathogenic, soil- and water-inhabiting Burkholderia thailandensis to the virulent, host-adapted mammalian pathogen B. mallei. Genomic diversity is evident within Burkholderia species as well. Individual isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei and B. thailandensis, for example, carry a variety of strain-specific genomic...
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