Ubiquity of putative type III secretion genes among clinical and environmental Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates in Northern Australia

H C Smith-Vaughan; D Gal; P M Lawrie; C Winstanley; K S Sriprakash; B J Currie

doi:10.1128/JCM.41.2.883-885.2003

Ubiquity of putative type III secretion genes among clinical and environmental Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates in Northern Australia

J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Feb;41(2):883-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.2.883-885.2003.

Authors

H C Smith-Vaughan¹, D Gal, P M Lawrie, C Winstanley, K S Sriprakash, B J Currie

Affiliation

¹ University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. heidi@menzies.edu.au

Abstract

Type III secretion (TTSI) genes of an HRP (hypersensitivity response and pathogenicity)-like locus 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 [corrected].

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Australia
Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
Burkholderia pseudomallei / genetics*
Environmental Microbiology
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction

Substances

Bacterial Proteins