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Genomic patterns of pathogen evolution revealed by comparison of Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, to avirulent Burkholderia thailandensis

Yiting Yu, H Stanley Kim, Hui H Chua, Chi H Lin, Siew H Sim, Daoxun Lin, Alan Derr, Reinhard Engels, David DeShazer, Bruce Birren, William C Nierman and Patrick Tan*

BMC Microbiology 2006, 6:46 doi:10.1186/1471-2180-6-46

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Genomic acquisition of a capsular polysaccharide virulence cluster by non-pathogenic Burkholderia isolates

Bernice Meng Qi Sim, Narisara Chantratita, Wen Fong Ooi, Tannistha Nandi, Ryan Tewhey, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Janjira Thaipadungpanit, Sarinna Tumapa, Pramila Ariyaratne, Wing-Kin Sung, Xiao Hui Sem, Hui Hoon Chua, Kalpana Ramnarayanan, Chi Ho Lin, Yichun Liu, Edward J Feil, Mindy B Glass, Gladys Tan, Sharon J Peacock, Patrick Tan Genome Biology 2010, 11:R89 (27 August 2010)

Sequencing and microarray analyses of non-pathogenic and pathogenic Burkholderia isolates reveals insight into the factors underlying the acquisition of pathogenesis.

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Burkholderia thailandensis harbors two identical rhl gene clusters responsible for the biosynthesis of rhamnolipids

Danielle Dubeau, Eric Déziel, Donald E Woods, François Lépine BMC Microbiology 2009, 9:263 (17 December 2009)

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Comparative genomics of the emerging human pathogen Photorhabdus asymbiotica with the insect pathogen Photorhabdus luminescens

Paul Wilkinson, Nicholas R Waterfield, Lisa Crossman, Craig Corton, Maria Sanchez-Contreras, Isabella Vlisidou, Andrew Barron, Alexandra Bignell, Louise Clark, Douglas Ormond, Matthew Mayho, Nathalie Bason, Frances Smith, Mark Simmonds, Carol Churcher, David Harris, Nicholas R Thompson, Michael Quail, Julian Parkhill, Richard H ffrench-Constant BMC Genomics 2009, 10:302 (7 July 2009)

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Microbial co-habitation and lateral gene transfer: what transposases can tell us

Sean D Hooper, Konstantinos Mavromatis, Nikos C Kyrpides Genome Biology 2009, 10:R45 (24 April 2009)

Interactions between microbial communities are revealed using a network of lateral gene transfer events.

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Genomic islands from five strains of Burkholderia pseudomallei

Apichai Tuanyok, Benjamin R Leadem, Raymond K Auerbach, Stephen M Beckstrom-Sternberg, James S Beckstrom-Sternberg, Mark Mayo, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Thomas S Brettin, William C Nierman, Sharon J Peacock, Bart J Currie, David M Wagner, Paul Keim BMC Genomics 2008, 9:566 (27 November 2008)

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Burkholderia pseudomallei genome plasticity associated with genomic island variation

Sarinna Tumapa, Matthew TG Holden, Mongkol Vesaratchavest, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Wirongrong Chierakul, Edward J Feil, Bart J Currie, Nicholas PJ Day, William C Nierman, Sharon J Peacock BMC Genomics 2008, 9:190 (25 April 2008)

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Recovery of a Burkholderia thailandensis-like isolate from an Australian water source

Jay E Gee, Mindy B Glass, Ryan T Novak, Daniel Gal, Mark J Mayo, Arnold G Steigerwalt, Patricia P Wilkins, Bart J Currie BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:54 (2 April 2008)

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Burkholderia Hep_Hag autotransporter (BuHA) proteins elicit a strong antibody response during experimental glanders but not human melioidosis

Rachaneeporn Tiyawisutsri, Matthew TG Holden, Sarinna Tumapa, Sirirat Rengpipat, Simon R Clarke, Simon J Foster, William C Nierman, Nicholas PJ Day, Sharon J Peacock BMC Microbiology 2007, 7:19 (15 March 2007)