Genomic loss in environmental and isogenic morphotype isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei is associated with intracellular survival and plaque-forming efficiency

• Natnaree Saiprom,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Tanes Sangsri,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Department of Microbiology, Princess of Naradhiwas University, Narathiwat, Thailand

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• Sarunporn Tandhavanant,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0261-3233

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• Sineenart Sengyee,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Rungnapa Phunpang,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6920-6785

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• Anucha Preechanukul,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7428-0058

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• Uriwan Surin,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory, Nakhon Phanom Hospital, Nakhon Phanom, Thailand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1705-4315

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• Apichai Tuanyok,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3380-0448

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• Ganjana Lertmemongkolchai,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Centre for Research and Development of Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, Department of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Associated Medical Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6972-585X

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• Wasun Chantratita,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Center for Medical Genomics, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8821-3945

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• T. Eoin West,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5503-7204

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• Narisara Chantratita

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: narisara@tropmedres.ac

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3906-7379

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