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Volume 31, Number 10—October 2025

Research Letter

Detection of Burkholderia thailandensis in Soil Samples, Suriname

Jelmer SavelkoelComments to Author , Rosalie Zimmermann, Ansmarie Ngu Chin Tjon, Tsira Dzebisasjvili, Maren Lanzl, Sébastien Matamoros, Terrence Mawie, Lycke Woittiez, Stephen Vreden, Emma Birnie, and W. Joost Wiersinga
Author affiliation: Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (J. Savelkoel, R. Zimmermann, S. Matamoros, E. Birnie, W.J. Wiersinga); Centre for Agricultural Research in Suriname, Paramaribo, Suriname (A. Ngu Chin Tjon); National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands (T. Dzebisasjvili, M. Lanzl); Academic Hospital Paramaribo, Paramaribo (T. Mawie, L. Woittiez); Foundation for the Advancement of Scientific Research in Suriname, Paramaribo (S. Vreden)

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Site and sample characteristics for detection of Burkholderia thailandensis in soil samples, Suriname*

Site Region District Location Site characteristics pH Electrical conductivity, μS/cm No. positive samples
A
 Northern
 Paramaribo
 Centre for Agricultural Research in Suriname
Inceptisol soil type; brackish field from which former crops included sem bean, banana, cassava, peanut, corn, and soybeans
 7.30
 769
 0
B
 Northern
 Commewijne
 Plantation Rust en Werk
 Inceptisol soil type; field with cattle
 4.42
 1,313
 0
C
 Northwest
 Nickerie
 Europolder
 Inceptisol soil type; brackish rice field
 7.66
 908
 0
D Northwest Nickerie Middenstandspolder Inceptisol soil type; brackish rice field 6.83 1,097 4

*At each site, 100 soil samples were collected at a depth of 60–80 cm.

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