Rational design of an acidic erythritol (ACER) medium for the enhanced isolation of the environmental pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei from soil samples

Rational design of an acidic erythritol (ACER) medium for the enhanced isolation of the environmental pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei from soil samples

The soil bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei causes melioidosis, a potentially fatal and greatly underdiagnosed tropical disease. Detection of B. pseudomallei in the environment is important to trace the source of infections, define risk areas for melioidosis and increase the clinical awareness. Alt...

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Main Authors: Karoline Assig, Sabine Lichtenegger, Linh N. H. Bui, Bettina Mosbacher, Anh T. N. Vu, Daniel Erhart, Trung T. Trinh, Ivo Steinmetz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Burkholderia pseudomallei
environment
detection
soil
culture medium
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1213818/full

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