Identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei Near-Neighbor Species in the Northern Territory of Australia.

• Main Authors: Jennifer L Ginther (Author), Mark Mayo (Author), Stephanie D Warrington (Author), Mirjam Kaestli (Author), Travis Mullins (Author), David M Wagner (Author), Bart J Currie (Author), Apichai Tuanyok (Author), Paul Keim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Identification and characterization of near-neighbor species are critical to the development of robust molecular diagnostic tools for biothreat agents. One such agent, Burkholderia pseudomallei, a soil bacterium and the causative agent of melioidosis, is lacking in this area because of its genomic d...