Ubiquity of Putative Type III Secretion Genes among Clinical and Environmental Burkholderia pseudomallei Isolates in Northern Australia
- 1 February 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 41 (2) , 883-5
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.41.2.883-885.2003
Abstract
Horseradish peroxidase-like type III secretion (TTS1) genes were present in all 116 Northern Australian Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates tested but were not detected in other common environmental Burkholderia species. PCR of TTS1 genes may prove valuable as a diagnostic test.Keywords
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