Transitioning from Soil to Host: Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Burkholderia pseudomallei Response to Different Niches

Autor: Ahmad-Kamal Ghazali, Mohd Firdaus-Raih, Asqwin Uthaya Kumar, Wei-Kang Lee, Chee-Choong Hoh, Sheila Nathan
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Microbiology Spectrum. 11
ISSN: 2165-0497
DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.03835-22
Popis: Burkholderia pseudomallei , a soil-dwelling bacterium, is the causative agent of melioidosis, a fatal infectious disease of humans and animals. The bacterium has a large genome consisting of two chromosomes carrying genes that encode proteins with important roles for survival in diverse environments as well as in the infected host.
Databáze: OpenAIRE