Burkholderia Pseudomallei is genetically diverse in agricultural land in Northeast Thailand

Background The soil-dwelling Gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei is the cause of melioidosis. Extreme structuring of genotype and genotypic frequency has been demonstrated for B. pseudomallei in uncultivated land, but its distribution and genetic diversity in agricultural land where mo...

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Main Authors: Wuthiekanun, V, Limmathurotsakul, D, Chantratita, N, Feil, E, Day, N, Peacock, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2009