Volume 27, Number 11—November 2021
Research Letter
Nonclonal Burkholderia pseudomallei Population in Melioidosis Case Cluster, Sri Lanka
Table
Characteristic | Isolate 114 | Isolate 122 | Isolate133 |
---|---|---|---|
Sequence type | 594 | 594 | 594 |
Clade | BTFC | BTFC | BTFC |
BimA allele type |
BimABm |
BimABp |
BimABP |
No. prophages in chromosome 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
No. prophages in chromosome 2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
No. intact phages | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Presence or absence of intact prophage PHAGE_Burkho_phiE202_NC_009234 |
Absent |
Present |
Absent |
GIs identified | GI1, GI4, GI5, GI6, GI7, GI8, GI9, GI8.i, GI8.ii, GI11, GI12, GI13, GI14, GI16 | GI1. GI2, GI4, GI6, GI7, GI8, GI8.i, GI8.ii, GI11, GI12, GI13, GI14, GI16 | GI1, GI4, GI6, GI7, GI8, GI8.i, GI8.ii, GI11, GI12, GI13, GI14, GI16 |
GIs located next to tRNA genes | GI7 | GI2, GI4 | GI7, GI8 |
GIs containing phage or site-specific integrases | GI4, GI7, GI15i | GI7, GI15i | GI4, GI7, GI15i |
GIs containing prophage DNA | GI7, GI4, GI15i, GI13 | GI2, GI7, GI15i, GI13 | GI4, GI7, GI15i, GI13 |
No. transposable elements in GI8 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
New GI15i |
GI15i |
GI15i |
GI15i |
No. integrases | 2 | 2 | 2 |
*BTFC, B. thailandensis–like flagellum and chemotaxis; GI, genomic island.
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