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SUBMITTER: Price EP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3742511 | biostudies-other | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Price Erin P EP Sarovich Derek S DS Webb Jessica R JR Ginther Jennifer L JL Mayo Mark M Cook James M JM Seymour Meagan L ML Kaestli Mirjam M Theobald Vanessa V Hall Carina M CM Busch Joseph D JD Foster Jeffrey T JT Keim Paul P Wagner David M DM Tuanyok Apichai A Pearson Talima T Currie Bart J BJ
PloS one 20130813 8
Burkholderia ubonensis is an environmental bacterium belonging to the Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc), a group of genetically related organisms that are associated with opportunistic but generally nonfatal infections in healthy individuals. In contrast, the near-neighbour species Burkholderia pseudomallei causes melioidosis, a disease that can be fatal in up to 95% of cases if left untreated. B. ubonensis is frequently misidentified as B. pseudomallei from soil samples using selective culturi ...[more]