LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE HETEROGENEITY AMONG BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI FROM DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL ORIGINS

NARISARA ANUNTAGOOL Faculty of Tropical Medicine, and Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Northern Territory Clinical School, Flinders University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Melioidosis Research Center, Departments of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, and Department of Oral Diagnosis, Faculty of Dentistry, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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VANAPORN WUTHIEKANUN Faculty of Tropical Medicine, and Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Northern Territory Clinical School, Flinders University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Melioidosis Research Center, Departments of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, and Department of Oral Diagnosis, Faculty of Dentistry, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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NICHOLAS J. WHITE Faculty of Tropical Medicine, and Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Northern Territory Clinical School, Flinders University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Melioidosis Research Center, Departments of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, and Department of Oral Diagnosis, Faculty of Dentistry, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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BART J. CURRIE Faculty of Tropical Medicine, and Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Northern Territory Clinical School, Flinders University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Melioidosis Research Center, Departments of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, and Department of Oral Diagnosis, Faculty of Dentistry, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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RASANA W. SERMSWAN Faculty of Tropical Medicine, and Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Northern Territory Clinical School, Flinders University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Melioidosis Research Center, Departments of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, and Department of Oral Diagnosis, Faculty of Dentistry, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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SURASAKDI WONGRATANACHEEWIN Faculty of Tropical Medicine, and Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Northern Territory Clinical School, Flinders University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Melioidosis Research Center, Departments of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, and Department of Oral Diagnosis, Faculty of Dentistry, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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SUWIMOL TAWEECHAISUPAPONG Faculty of Tropical Medicine, and Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Northern Territory Clinical School, Flinders University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Melioidosis Research Center, Departments of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, and Department of Oral Diagnosis, Faculty of Dentistry, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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SANSANEE C. CHAIYAROJ Faculty of Tropical Medicine, and Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Northern Territory Clinical School, Flinders University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Melioidosis Research Center, Departments of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, and Department of Oral Diagnosis, Faculty of Dentistry, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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STITAYA SIRISINHA Faculty of Tropical Medicine, and Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Northern Territory Clinical School, Flinders University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Melioidosis Research Center, Departments of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, and Department of Oral Diagnosis, Faculty of Dentistry, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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Heterogeneous patterns were obtained for lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from 1,327 Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates by sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, silver staining, and immunoblot analysis. Two LPS serotypes (A and B) possessing different ladder profiles and a rough LPS without ladder appearances were identified. All three LPS types were antigenically distinct by immunoblotting. The predominant type A (97%) produced the lowest amount of biofilm. The two less common types (smooth type B and rough type) were found more in clinical than environmental isolates and more in Australian isolates than Thai isolates. These isolates were more often associated with relapse than with primary infection.

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