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. 2010 Aug;76(15):5305-7.
doi: 10.1128/AEM.00287-10. Epub 2010 Jun 11.

Association of the melioidosis agent Burkholderia pseudomallei with water parameters in rural water supplies in Northern Australia

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Association of the melioidosis agent Burkholderia pseudomallei with water parameters in rural water supplies in Northern Australia

A D K Draper et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 Aug.

Abstract

We analyzed water parameters and the occurrence of the melioidosis agent Burkholderia pseudomallei in 47 water bores in Northern Australia. B. pseudomallei was associated with soft, acidic bore water of low salinity but high iron levels. This finding aids in identifying water supplies at risk of contamination with this pathogenic bacterium.

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FIG. 1.
Box-and-whisker plots of water parameters in B. pseudomallei-negative (neg) and -positive (pos) bores in both the dry and wet season. The box spans the interquartile range of the data, and the median is marked with a vertical line. An asterisk indicates a significant difference between B. pseudomallei-negative and -positive bores with a P value of <0.01 (Mann-Whitney U test). The unit of salinity (conductivity) is mS/cm (mS/cm ×ばつ 640 = ppm total salts); the unit of turbidity is the nephelometric turbidity unit (NTU).

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