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SUBMITTER: Holden MT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC521101 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Holden Matthew T G MT Titball Richard W RW Peacock Sharon J SJ Cerdeño-Tárraga Ana M AM Atkins Timothy T Crossman Lisa C LC Pitt Tyrone T Churcher Carol C Mungall Karen K Bentley Stephen D SD Sebaihia Mohammed M Thomson Nicholas R NR Bason Nathalie N Beacham Ifor R IR Brooks Karen K Brown Katherine A KA Brown Nat F NF Challis Greg L GL Cherevach Inna I Chillingworth Tracy T Cronin Ann A Crossett Ben B Davis Paul P DeShazer David D Feltwell Theresa T Fraser Audrey A Hance Zahra Z Hauser Heidi H Holroyd Simon S Jagels Kay K Keith Karen E KE Maddison Mark M Moule Sharon S Price Claire C Quail Michael A MA Rabbinowitsch Ester E Rutherford Kim K Sanders Mandy M Simmonds Mark M Songsivilai Sirirurg S Stevens Kim K Tumapa Sarinna S Vesaratchavest Monkgol M Whitehead Sally S Yeats Corin C Barrell Bart G BG Oyston Petra C F PC Parkhill Julian J
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20040917 39
Burkholderia pseudomallei is a recognized biothreat agent and the causative agent of melioidosis. This Gram-negative bacterium exists as a soil saprophyte in melioidosis-endemic areas of the world and accounts for 20% of community-acquired septicaemias in northeastern Thailand where half of those affected die. Here we report the complete genome of B. pseudomallei, which is composed of two chromosomes of 4.07 megabase pairs and 3.17 megabase pairs, showing significant functional partitioning of g ...[more]