Identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei Near-Neighbor Species in the Northern Territory of Australia.

ABSTRACT: Identification and characterization of near-neighbor species are critical to the development of robust molecular diagnostic tools for biothreat agents. One such agent, Burkholderia pseudomallei, a soil bacterium and the causative agent of melioidosis, is lacking in this area because of its genomic diversity and widespread geographic distribution. The Burkholderia genus contains over 60 species and occupies a large range of environments including soil, plants, rhizospheres, water, animals and humans. The identification of novel species in new locations necessitates the need to identify the true global distribution of Burkholderia species, especially the members that are closely related to B. pseudomallei. In our current study, we used the Burkholderia-specific recA sequencing assay to analy

SUBMITTER: Ginther JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4486726 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature