Distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei within a 300-cm deep soil profile: implications for environmental sampling.

ABSTRACT: The environmental distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, remains poorly understood. B. pseudomallei is known to have the ability to occupy a variety of environmental niches, particularly in soil. This paper provides novel information about a putative association of soil biogeochemical heterogeneity and the vertical distribution of B. pseudomallei. We investigated (1) the distribution of B. pseudomallei along a 300-cm deep soil profile together with the variation of a range of soil physico-chemical properties; (2) whether correlations between the distribution of B. pseudomallei and soil physico-chemical properties exist and (3) when they exist, what such correlations indicate with regards to the environmental conditions conducive to the occurrence of

SUBMITTER: Pongmala K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9126866 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature