BacMap: Bacterial Genome Atlas

Burkholderia mallei

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Species
Burkholderia mallei

Kingdom
Bacterium

Taxonomy
Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Betaproteobacteria; Burkholderiales; Burkholderiaceae; Burkholderia mallei

Strains
ATCC 23344

Gram Stain
Negative

Accession Numbers
ATCC 23344:
NC_006348
NC_006349

Genome
ATCC 23344:
Chromosome 1: 3,510,148 bp
Chromosome 2: 2,325,379 bp

Background
Gram-negative, non-sporing bacilli, it is the etiologic agent of glanders, a disease that is often fatal. Its natural reservoir are horses, but it can be occasionally transmitted to humans either by inhalation or through breaks in the skin. B. mallei is highly infectious as an aerosol and was used as a biological weapon in the American Civil War and in both World Wars.

(From http://www.expasy.org/sprot/hamap/BURMA.html)

Sequenced By
ATCC 23344:
The Institute for Genomic Research, 9712 Medical Center Dr., Rockville, MD 20850, USA.

Sequence Publications
ATCC 23344:
Nierman W.C., DeShazer D., Kim H.S., Tettelin H., Nelson K.E., Feldblyum T.V., Ulrich R.L., Ronning C.M., Brinkac L.M., Daugherty S.C., Davidsen T.D., DeBoy R.T., Dimitrov G., Dodson R.J., Durkin A.S., Gwinn M.L., Haft D.H., Khouri H.M., Kolonay J.F., Madupu R., Mohammoud Y., Nelson W.C., Radune D., Romero C.M., Sarria S., Selengut J., Shamblin C., Sullivan S.A., White O., Yu Y., Zafar N., Zhou L., Fraser C.M.; "Structural flexibility in the Burkholderia mallei genome."; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101:14246-14251(2004).

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