Gentamicin has been used as a major ingredient of Ashdown’s agar, a selective medium for Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis. Recently we found that clinical B. pseudomallei strains from Salavak, Malaysian Borneo, were sensitive to gentamicin, and could not be selected by A…

The history of hantaviruses has been marked by rediscovery and new beginnings. In an invited review, the host range, genetic diversity and geographic distribution of hantaviruses harbored by non-rodent small mammals are summarized to gain insights into their evolutionary origins and phylogeography. …

One of the most highly divergent lineages of hantaviruses is represented by Nova virus (NVAV), originally detected in archival liver tissue from a single European mole (Talpa europaea), captured in Zala County, Hungary, in July 1999. As evidenced by RT-PCR and confirmed by DNA sequencing, a high pre…

Burkholderia oklahomensis E0147 is a US isolated bacterium believed to express a similar O-antigen to type A structure of the highly pathogenic species, Burkholderia pseudomallei. Both species are genetically closely related. Lipopolysaccharide was collected from E0147 and structurally characterized…

The complete genome sequence of Muju virus was determined from lung tissue samples of three royal voles (Myodes regulus) captured in Gangwon province in the Republic of Korea. Since few whole genome sequences of hantaviruses are available, this sequence may help to clarify the molecular phylogeny of…

Replication of flaviviruses (family Flaviviridae) occurs in specialized virus-induced membrane structures (IMS). The cellular composition of these IMS varies for different flaviviruses implying different organelle origins for IMS biogenesis. The role of flavivirus non-structural (NS) proteins for th…