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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2007, p. 8001-8004, Vol. 73, No. 24
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00936-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Survival of Burkholderia pseudomallei on Environmental Surfaces{triangledown}

Alicia M. Shams,* Laura J. Rose, Lisa Hodges, and Matthew J. Arduino

Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333

Received 26 April 2007/ Accepted 7 October 2007

The survival of the biothreat agent Burkholderia pseudomallei on the surfaces of four materials was measured by culture and esterase activity analyses. The culture results demonstrated that this organism persisted for <24 h to <7 days depending on the material, bacterial isolate, and suspension medium. The persistence determined by analysis of esterase activity, as measured with a ScanRDI solid-phase cytometer, was always longer than the persistence determined by culture analysis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd. NE, MS C-16, Atlanta, GA 30333. Phone: (404) 639-4862. Fax: (404) 639-3822. E-mail: AShams{at}cdc.gov

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 19 October 2007.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2007, p. 8001-8004, Vol. 73, No. 24
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00936-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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