Multiple phylogenetically-diverse, differentially-virulent Burkholderia pseudomallei isolated from a single soil sample collected in Thailand.

• Main Authors: Chandler Roe (Author), Adam J Vazquez (Author), Paul D Phillips (Author), Chris J Allender (Author), Richard A Bowen (Author), Roxanne D Nottingham (Author), Adina Doyle (Author), Gumphol Wongsuwan (Author), Vanaporn Wuthiekanun (Author), Direk Limmathurotsakul (Author), Sharon Peacock (Author), Paul Keim (Author), Apichai Tuanyok (Author), David M Wagner (Author), Jason W Sahl (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Burkholderia pseudomallei is a soil-dwelling bacterium endemic to Southeast Asia and northern Australia that causes the disease, melioidosis. Although the global genomic diversity of clinical B. pseudomallei isolates has been investigated, there is limited understanding of its genomic diversity acro...