Genetic variation associated with infection and the environment in the accidental pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei

• Main Authors: Claire Chewapreecha, Alison E. Mather, Simon R. Harris, Martin Hunt, Matthew T.G. Holden, Chutima Chaichana, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Gordon Dougan, Nicholas P.J. Day, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Julian Parkhill, Sharon J. Peacock
• Other Authors: University of Cambridge
• Format: Article
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/49702
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2019, The Author(s). The environmental bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei causes melioidosis, an important endemic human disease in tropical and sub-tropical countries. This bacterium occupies broad ecological niches including soil, contaminated water, single-cell microbes, plants and infection i...