Effectiveness of a simplified method for isolation of Burkholderia pseudomallei from soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 876-877

  Limmathurotsakul, Direk ^a   Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn ^a   Amornchai, Premjit ^a   Wongsuwan, Gumphol ^a   Day, Nicholas P J ^a,b   Peacock, Sharon J ^a,c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; GLOBAL RISKS; LABOR SAVING; MELIOIDOSIS; SIMPLE METHOD; SIMPLIFIED METHOD; STANDARD METHOD;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CULTURE MEDIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI;

EID: 84856190994     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07039-11     Document Type: Article

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