Melioidosis

WJ Wiersinga, HS Virk, AG Torres, BJ Currie… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2018 - nature.com
Burkholderia pseudomallei is a Gram-negative environmental bacterium and the
aetiological agent of melioidosis, a life-threatening infection that is estimated to account …

Melioidosis: epidemiology, pathophysiology, and management

AC Cheng, BJ Currie - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Melioidosis, caused by the gram-negative saprophyte Burkholderia pseudomallei, is a
disease of public health importance in southeast Asia and northern Australia that is …

Melioidosis: insights into the pathogenicity of Burkholderia pseudomallei

WJ Wiersinga, T Van der Poll, NJ White… - Nature Reviews …, 2006 - nature.com
Burkholderia pseudomallei is a potential bioterror agent and the causative agent of
melioidosis, a severe disease that is endemic in areas of Southeast Asia and Northern …

Life on the inside: the intracellular lifestyle of cytosolic bacteria

K Ray, B Marteyn, PJ Sansonetti… - Nature Reviews …, 2009 - nature.com
Bacterial pathogens exploit a huge range of niches within their hosts. Many pathogens can
invade non-phagocytic cells and survive within a membrane-bound compartment. However …

Comparative genomics of Mortierella elongata and its bacterial endosymbiont Mycoavidus cysteinexigens

J Uehling, A Gryganskyi, K Hameed… - Environmental …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Endosymbiosis of bacteria by eukaryotes is a defining feature of cellular evolution. In
addition to well‐known bacterial origins for mitochondria and chloroplasts, multiple origins of …

Molecular Insights into Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei Pathogenesis

EE Galyov, PJ Brett, D DeShazer - Annual review of …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei are closely related gram-negative
bacteria that can cause serious diseases in humans and animals. This review summarizes …

In vivo expression technology identifies a type VI secretion system locus in Burkholderia pseudomallei that is induced upon invasion of macrophages

G Shalom, JG Shaw, MS Thomas - Microbiology, 2007 - microbiologyresearch.org
The Gram-negative proteobacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei can survive and multiply
within a variety of eukaryotic cells, including macrophages. This property is believed to be …

The type III secretion system tip complex and translocon

CA Mueller, P Broz, GR Cornelis - Molecular microbiology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The type III secretion machinery of Gram‐negative bacteria, also known as the injectisome
or needle complex, is composed of a basal body spanning both bacterial membranes and …

Human melioidosis

I Gassiep, M Armstrong, R Norton - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The causative agent of melioidosis, Burkholderia pseudomallei, a tier 1 select agent, is
endemic in Southeast Asia and northern Australia, with increased incidence associated with …

The Burkholderia pseudomallei Type III Secretion System and BopA Are Required for Evasion of LC3-Associated Phagocytosis

L Gong, M Cullinane, P Treerat, G Ramm, M Prescott… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, a fatal infectious disease
endemic in tropical regions worldwide, and especially prevalent in southeast Asia and …