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Queensland researchers make breakthrough in better understanding killer bacteria
2016-07-08 01:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Queensland researchers make breakthrough in better understanding killer bacteria A deadly bacterium which kills tens of thousands of people each year can be spread through the sniff of a nose and travel to the brain and spinal cord in 24 hours, Queensland researchers have found. Burkholderia pseudomallei is found in soil in northern Australia, particularly in stagnant water in the wet season. It causes melioidosis, which has a 10 to 20 per cent mortality rate in Australia once it infects...
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