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φX216, a P2-like bacteriophage with broad Burkholderia pseudomallei and B. malleistrain infectivity
1 Dec 2012
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BACKGROUND: Burkholderia pseudomallei and B. mallei are closely related Category B Select Agents of bioterrorism and the causative agents of the diseases melioidosis and glanders, respectively. Rapid phage-based diagnostic tools would greatly benefit early recognition and treatment of these diseases. There is extensive strain-to-strain variation in B. pseudomallei genome content due in part to the presence or...
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