Table 1.
Bacterial isolates used in this study
| Type of isolate | Species | No. of isolates | Origin | Reference(s) or source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referencea | B. pseudomallei K96243 | 1 | Female diabetic patient, Thailand | 17 |
| B. pseudomallei E8 | 1 | Rice field soil, North Thailand | 61 | |
| Burkholderia thailandensis DSM13276T | 1 | Rice field soil, Central Thailand | 5 | |
| Burkholderia vietnamiensis LMG 18835 | 1 | Cystic fibrosis isolate, USA | 26 | |
| Burkholderia cepacia H111 | 1 | Cystic fibrosis isolate, Germany | 16, 46 | |
| Clinicala | B. pseudomallei | 25 | Northern Vietnam | 42 |
| Environmentalb | B. pseudomallei | 2 | Northern Vietnam | This study |
| B. thailandensis | 44 | Northern Vietnam | This study | |
| B. cepacia | 1 | Northern Vietnam | This study | |
| B. seminalis | 1 | Northern Vietnam | This study | |
| B. pyrrocinia | 1 | Northern Vietnam | This study | |
| B. diffusa | 4 | Northern Vietnam | This study | |
| B. latens | 5 | Northern Vietnam | This study | |
| B. vietnamiensis | 12 | Northern Vietnam | This study | |
| R. solanacearum | 2 | Northern Vietnam | This study | |
| Total | 102 |
a
Collection of strains deposited at the Friedrich Loeffler Institute of Medical Microbiology, Greifswald University, Greifswald, Germany.
b
Strains isolated from soil collected in northern Vietnam in 2006.