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Distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei in northern Australia, a land of diversity.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jun 2014
McRobb Evan, Kaestli Mirjam, Price Erin P, Sarovich Derek S, Mayo Mark, Warner Jeffrey, Spratt Brian G, Currie Bart J
Abstract excerpt
Burkholderia pseudomallei is a Gram-negative soil bacillus that is the etiological agent of melioidosis and a biothreat agent. Little is known about the biogeography of this bacterium in Australia, despite its hyperendemicity in the northern region of this continent. The population structure of 953 Australian B. pseudomallei strains representing 779 and 174 isolates of clinical and environmental origins,...
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