Burkholderia pseudomallei and melioidosis

EM Meumann, D Limmathurotsakul… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, is found in soil and water of
tropical and subtropical regions globally. Modelled estimates of the global burden predict …

Melioidosis: evolving concepts in epidemiology, pathogenesis, and treatment

BJ Currie - Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine, 2015 - thieme-connect.com
Infection with Burkholderia pseudomallei can result in asymptomatic seroconversion, a
single skin lesion that may or may not heal spontaneously, a pneumonia which can be …

The bacterial species challenge: making sense of genetic and ecological diversity

C Fraser, EJ Alm, MF Polz, BG Spratt, WP Hanage - science, 2009 - science.org
The Bacteria and Archaea are the most genetically diverse superkingdoms of life, and
techniques for exploring that diversity are only just becoming widespread. Taxonomists …

Global and regional dissemination and evolution of Burkholderia pseudomallei

C Chewapreecha, MTG Holden, M Vehkala… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The environmental bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei causes an estimated 165,000
cases of human melioidosis per year worldwide and is also classified as a biothreat agent …

Human melioidosis

I Gassiep, M Armstrong, R Norton - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2020 - journals.asm.org
The causative agent of melioidosis, Burkholderia pseudomallei, a tier 1 select agent, is
endemic in Southeast Asia and northern Australia, with increased incidence associated with …

An Asian origin of virulent Aeromonas hydrophila responsible for disease epidemics in United States-farmed catfish

MJ Hossain, D Sun, DJ McGarey, S Wrenn… - MBio, 2014 - journals.asm.org
Since 2009, catfish farming in the southeastern United States has been severely impacted
by a highly virulent and clonal population of Aeromonas hydrophila causing motile …

Genomic islands link secondary metabolism to functional adaptation in marine Actinobacteria

K Penn, C Jenkins, M Nett, DW Udwary… - The ISME …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Genomic islands have been shown to harbor functional traits that differentiate ecologically
distinct populations of environmental bacteria. A comparative analysis of the complete …

Phylogeographic reconstruction of a bacterial species with high levels of lateral gene transfer

T Pearson, P Giffard, S Beckstrom-Sternberg… - BMC biology, 2009 - Springer
Background Phylogeographic reconstruction of some bacterial populations is hindered by
low diversity coupled with high levels of lateral gene transfer. A comparison of …

Variable Virulence Factors in Burkholderia pseudomallei (Melioidosis) Associated with Human Disease

DS Sarovich, EP Price, JR Webb, LM Ward… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Burkholderia pseudomallei is a Gram-negative environmental bacterium that causes
melioidosis, a potentially life-threatening infectious disease affecting mammals, including …

Two-partner secretion: combining efficiency and simplicity in the secretion of large proteins for bacteria-host and bacteria-bacteria interactions

J Guérin, S Bigot, R Schneider… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Initially identified in pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria, the two-partner secretion (TPS)
pathway, also known as Type Vb secretion, mediates the translocation across the outer …