title: Volatile-sulfur-compound profile distinguishes Burkholderia pseudomallei from Burkholderia thailandensis.
abstract: Solid-phase microextraction gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (SPME-GCMS) was used to show that dimethyl sulfide produced by Burkholderia pseudomallei is responsible for its unusual truffle-like smell and distinguishes the species from Burkholderia thailandensis. SPME-GCMS can be safely used to detect dimethyl sulfide produced by agar-grown B. pseudomallei.
authors.affiliation: School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Nedlands, WA, Australia tim.inglis@health.wa.gov.au.
authors.forename: Timothy J J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Inglis
authors.affiliation: UWA Centre for Metabolomics, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.
authors.forename: Dorothee R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Hahne
authors.affiliation: School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Nedlands, WA, Australia.
authors.forename: Adam J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Merritt
authors.affiliation: UWA Centre for Metabolomics, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Clarke
mesh_terms: D000362:Agar; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D019117:Burkholderia / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D013440:Sulfides / Q000032:analysis*; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D013440:Sulfides; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds; D000362:Agar; C004784:dimethyl sulfide