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Aim. Search for potential INDEL-markers in genomes of Burkholderia pseudomallei strains, as well as evaluation of the possibility of their use for intra-species genotyping. Materials and methods. Full-genome sequences of 25 В. pseudomallei strains with known geographic regions of isolation from GenBank database were studied. INDEL-marker search was carried out using authors’ program Gene Expert. Cluster analysis was carried out using genetic distance by R. Sokal and C. Michener and neighbor joining method. Results. 11 INDEL-markers were detected that allowed to split the studied strains into 13 genotypes. Spectrum of INDEL-patterns characteristic for Australian strains was determined. A possibility of existence of certain phylogeographic patterns of Thailand isolates is shown. Conclusion. A possibility of INDEL-markers to differentiate isolates of B. pseudomallei into 2 geographic populations (Australian and South-eastern Asia origin) that allows to determine the source of melioidosis outbreak and transmission routes of the pathogen is detected.

Aim. Determine an optimal set of the most effective methods of identification and intraspecies typing of causative agents of glanders and melioidosis. Materials and methods. Bacteriologic, immunochemical, molecular-genetic methods were used. Results. A possibility to identify collection strains of pathogenic and closely related Burkholderia in semiautomatic systems is studied. Means of detection of informative variable genome segments of the specified microorganisms were developed, methods of their genetic typing were selected. Effectiveness of application of precipitating mAbs for differentiation of Burkholderia was established. Data on diagnostic possibilities of immunoglobulins fluorescing based on monoclonal antibodies of various etiotropic directionality for detection and identification of B. mallei and B. pseudomallei are generalized. Experimental series of amplification test-systems for identification of glanders and melioidosis causative agents in real-time PCR format are created. Conclusion. A number of methods for identification and typing of glanders and melioidosis causative agents is proposed.