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Whole-Genome Assemblies of 16 Burkholderia pseudomallei Isolates from Rivers in Laos
Nicole Liechti1,2, Rosalie E Zimmermann3,4,5, Jakob Zopfi4
1Spiez Laboratory, Swiss Federal Office for Civil Protection, Spiez, Switzerland nicole.liechti@babs.admin.ch r.e.zimmermann@amsterdamumc.nl.
Abstract:
We report 16 Burkholderia pseudomallei genomes, including 5 new multilocus sequence types, isolated from rivers in Laos. The environmental bacterium B. pseudomallei causes melioidosis, a serious infectious disease in tropical and subtropical regions. The isolates are geographically clustered in one clade from around Vientiane, Laos, and one clade from further south.

