Burkholderia pseudomallei

"Burkholderia pseudomallei" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that causes MELIOIDOSIS. It has been isolated from soil and water in tropical regions, particularly Southeast Asia.

Descriptor ID	D016957
MeSH Number(s)	B03.660.075.090.688.100.600
Concept/Terms	Burkholderia pseudomallei Burkholderia pseudomallei Pseudomonas pseudomallei

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Organisms [B]
Bacteria [B03]
Proteobacteria [B03.660]
Betaproteobacteria [B03.660.075]
Burkholderiales [B03.660.075.090]
Burkholderiaceae [B03.660.075.090.688]
Burkholderia [B03.660.075.090.688.100]
Burkholderia pseudomallei [B03.660.075.090.688.100.600]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2005	1	0	1
2006	1	0	1
2007	3	0	3
2009	3	0	3
2010	3	0	3
2011	7	0	7
2012	3	0	3
2013	1	1	2
2014	1	0	1
2015	1	0	1
2017	2	0	2
2018	2	0	2
2019	1	0	1
2020	1	0	1
2021	2	0	2
2022	1	0	1
2024	1	0	1
2025	2	0	2

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Elko EA, Williamson CHD, Green HR, Gates-Hollingsworth MA, Nelson GA, Pandit SG, Mead HL, Allender C, Woerle C, Mayo M, Currie BJ, AuCoin DP, Altin JA, Keim P, Settles EW, Ladner JT. PepSeq as a highly multiplexed platform for melioidosis antigen discovery and vaccine development. Front Immunol. 2025; 16:1605758.

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Pearson T, Furstenau T, Wood C, Rigas V, Drake K, Sahl J, Maltinsky S, Currie BJ, Mayo M, Hall C, Keim P, Fofanov V. Population sequencing for phylogenetic diversity and transmission analyses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Jun 10; 122(23):e2424797122.

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Busch JD, Kaestli M, Mayo M, Roe CC, Vazquez AJ, Choy JL, Harrington G, Benedict S, Stone NE, Allender CJ, Bowen RA, Keim P, Currie BJ, Sahl JW, Tuanyok A, Wagner DM. Melioidosis in goats at a single Australian farm was caused by multiple diverse lineages of Burkholderia pseudomallei present in soil. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2024 Dec; 18(12):e0012683.

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Roe C, Vazquez AJ, Phillips PD, Allender CJ, Bowen RA, Nottingham RD, Doyle A, Wongsuwan G, Wuthiekanun V, Limmathurotsakul D, Peacock S, Keim P, Tuanyok A, Wagner DM, Sahl JW. Multiple phylogenetically-diverse, differentially-virulent Burkholderia pseudomallei isolated from a single soil sample collected in Thailand. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 02; 16(2):e0010172.

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McMillan IA, Norris MH, Zarzycki-Siek J, Heacock-Kang Y, Sun Z, Borlee BR, Hoang TT. Identification of a PadR-type regulator essential for intracellular pathogenesis of Burkholderia pseudomallei. Sci Rep. 2021 05 17; 11(1):10405.

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Heacock-Kang Y, McMillan IA, Norris MH, Sun Z, Zarzycki-Siek J, Bluhm AP, Cabanas D, Norton RE, Ketheesan N, Miller JF, Schweizer HP, Hoang TT. The Burkholderia pseudomallei intracellular 'TRANSITome'. Nat Commun. 2021 03 26; 12(1):1907.

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Pearson T, Sahl JW, Hepp CM, Handady K, Hornstra H, Vazquez AJ, Settles E, Mayo M, Kaestli M, Williamson CHD, Price EP, Sarovich DS, Cook JM, Wolken SR, Bowen RA, Tuanyok A, Foster JT, Drees KP, Kidd TJ, Bell SC, Currie BJ, Keim P. Pathogen to commensal? Longitudinal within-host population dynamics, evolution, and adaptation during a chronic >16-year Burkholderia pseudomallei infection. PLoS Pathog. 2020 03; 16(3):e1008298.

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Hall CM, Jaramillo S, Jimenez R, Stone NE, Centner H, Busch JD, Bratsch N, Roe CC, Gee JE, Hoffmaster AR, Rivera-Garcia S, Soltero F, Ryff K, Perez-Padilla J, Keim P, Sahl JW, Wagner DM. Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, is rare but ecologically established and widely dispersed in the environment in Puerto Rico. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 09; 13(9):e0007727.

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Baker AL, Pearson T, Sahl JW, Hepp C, Price EP, Sarovich DS, Mayo M, Tuanyok A, Currie BJ, Keim P, Warner J. Burkholderia pseudomallei distribution in Australasia is linked to paleogeographic and anthropogenic history. PLoS One. 2018; 13(11):e0206845.

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Heacock-Kang Y, McMillan IA, Zarzycki-Siek J, Sun Z, Bluhm AP, Cabanas D, Hoang TT. The heritable natural competency trait of Burkholderia pseudomallei in other Burkholderia species through comE and crp. Sci Rep. 2018 08 20; 8(1):12422.

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