Australian and Thai isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei are distinct by multilocus sequence typing: Revision of a case of mistaken identity

PlumX

View Altmetrics

Tools

Currie, B.J., Thomas, A.D., Godoy, D., Dance, D.A., Cheng, A.C., Ward, L., Mayo, M., Pitt, T.L. and Spratt, B.G. (2007) Australian and Thai isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei are distinct by multilocus sequence typing: Revision of a case of mistaken identity. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 45 (11). pp. 3828-3829.

Full text not currently attached. Access may be available via the Publisher's website or OpenAccess link.

Article Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01590-07

Publisher URL: http://jcm.asm.org/

Abstract

A recent study using multilocus sequence typing (MLST) of Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates found a sequence type (ST60) to be common to both Thailand and Australia, contradicting earlier studies showing complete distinction between isolates from these regions. The ST60 isolates reportedly from Australia had been obtained for MLST from United Kingdom and U.S. collections. We have located and characterized the original Australian isolates; they were collected in 1983, and they are neither ST60 nor B. pseudomallei isolates. The B. pseudomallei MLST database has been corrected, and there is no ST common to isolates verified as obtained from Australia or from Thailand.

Item Type:	Article
Corporate Creators:	Biosecurity Queensland
Additional Information:	© American Society for Microbiology.
Keywords:	MLST; Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates; environmental bacterium; melioidosis.
Subjects:	Veterinary medicine > Veterinary bacteriology
Live Archive:	02 Feb 2009 01:22
Last Modified:	03 Sep 2021 16:47

Repository Staff Only: item control page