Transcriptional landscape of cultured under environmental and clinical conditions.

, a Gram-negative pathogen, is the causative agent of melioidosis in humans. This bacterium can be isolated from the soil, stagnant and salt-water bodies, and human and animal clinical specimens. While extensive studies have contributed to our understanding of pathogenesis, little is known about how a harmless soil bacterium adapts when it shifts to a human host and exhibits its virulence.