About the Authors

Chakrit Sawasdidoln

Affiliations Melioidosis Research Center, KhonKaen University, KhonKaen, Thailand, Department of Microbiology, KhonKaen University, KhonKaen, Thailand

Suwimol Taweechaisupapong

Affiliations Melioidosis Research Center, KhonKaen University, KhonKaen, Thailand, Department of Oral Diagnosis, KhonKaen University, KhonKaen, Thailand

Rasana W. Sermswan

Affiliations Melioidosis Research Center, KhonKaen University, KhonKaen, Thailand, Department of Biochemistry, KhonKaen University, KhonKaen, Thailand

Unchalee Tattawasart

Affiliations Melioidosis Research Center, KhonKaen University, KhonKaen, Thailand, Department of Microbiology, KhonKaen University, KhonKaen, Thailand

Sumalee Tungpradabkul

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Surasakdi Wongratanacheewin

sura_wng@kku.ac.th

Affiliations Melioidosis Research Center, KhonKaen University, KhonKaen, Thailand, Department of Microbiology, KhonKaen University, KhonKaen, Thailand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RWS SW. Performed the experiments: CS ST. Analyzed the data: CS RWS UT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ST SW. Wrote the paper: RWS SW.