Accurate and rapid identification of the Burkholderia pseudomallei near-neighbour, Burkholderia ubonensis, using real-time PCR.

Burkholderia ubonensis is an environmental bacterium belonging to the Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc), a group of genetically related organisms that are associated with opportunistic but generally nonfatal infections in healthy individuals. In contrast, the near-neighbour species Burkholderia pse...

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Main Authors: Erin P Price, Derek S Sarovich, Jessica R Webb, Jennifer L Ginther, Mark Mayo, James M Cook, Meagan L Seymour, Mirjam Kaestli, Vanessa Theobald, Carina M Hall, Joseph D Busch, Jeffrey T Foster, Paul Keim, David M Wagner, Apichai Tuanyok, Talima Pearson, Bart J Currie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3742511?pdf=render