Table 1 Bacterial strains used in this study

Burkholderia pseudomallei

E8

Environment

Soil

NE Thailand

1990

1

19

Environment

Soil

Singapore

1991

1

22

Environment

Soil

Burkina Faso

1973

2

25

Environment

Soil

Madagascar

1977

1

E25

Environment

Soil

Thailand

-

1

33

Environment

Manure

France

1976

1

46

Human

Blood

NE Thailand

1988

1

53

Human

Urine

NE Thailand

1987

1

97

Environment

Soil

Australia

-

1

98

Environment

Soil

Australia

-

1

102

Environment

Soil

Australia

-

1

112

Human

Multiple

NE Thailand

1992

1

204

Human

Blood

Thailand

-

1

212

Environment

Soil

NE Thailand

1990

1

216

Environment

Soil

NE Thailand

1990

1

217

Environment

Soil (wet)

NE Thailand

1990

1

392

Human

Pus

NE Thailand

1989

1

426

Environment

Soil

Vietnam

-

1

448

Environment

Soil

Vietnam

-

1

576

Human

Blood

Thailand

-

1

Hainan 1 (H1)

Human

Abscess

China

1996

2

Hainan 2D (H2D)

Human

Abscess

China

1996

2

Hainan 55 (H55)

Human

Abscess

China

1996

2

Hainan 706 (H706)

Human

Abscess

China

1996

2

Burkholderia thailandensis

E27

Environment

Soil

Thailand

-

2

E38

Environment

Soil

Thailand

-

2

E82

Environment

Soil

NE Thailand

1990

2

E255

Environment

Soil

NE Thailand

-

2

E256

Environment

Soil

Thailand

-

2

E260

Environment

Soil

Central Thailand

1993

2

Other Burkholderia species

B. cocovenenans LMG11626

2

B. plantarii LMG10908

2

B. vietnamiensis LMG6998

2

B. cepacia IIIa non-epidemic

2

B. vandii LMG10620

2

Other species

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

3

Pseudomonas fluorescens

3

Escherichia coli DH5α

3