Diverse Burkholderia Species Isolated from Soils in the Southern United States with No Evidence of B. pseudomallei.

Diverse Burkholderia Species Isolated from Soils in the Southern United States with No Evidence of B. pseudomallei.

The global distribution of the soil-dwelling bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, causative agent of melioidosis, is poorly understood. We used established culturing methods developed for B. pseudomallei to isolate Burkholderia species from soil collected at 18 sampling sites in three states in the...

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Main Authors: Carina M Hall, Joseph D Busch, Kenzie Shippy, Christopher J Allender, Mirjam Kaestli, Mark Mayo, Jason W Sahl, James M Schupp, Rebecca E Colman, Paul Keim, Bart J Currie, David M Wagner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4658082?pdf=render

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