Environmental Factors That Affect the Survival and Persistence of Burkholderia pseudomallei
Author(s) -
Timothy J. J. Inglis,
JoseLuis Sagripanti
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.01036-06
Subject(s) - burkholderia pseudomallei , persistence (discontinuity) , affect (linguistics) , melioidosis , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , burkholderia , ecology , bacteria , psychology , genetics , geotechnical engineering , engineering , communication
Burkholderia pseudomallei is listed by the Centers for Disease Control as a potential bioterrorism agent ([www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/agentlist.asp][1]) because it causes melioidosis in humans, a potentially fatal septicemic infection following soil or water exposure ([6][2], [41][3]). Melioidosis usually
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