Burkholderia Pseudomallei Presence and Soil Properties in 61 Thai Rice Fields

61 rice fields across three regions of Thailand were sampled for the soil bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei and 22 soil physicochemical properties. Data includes culture results, soil texture, nutrient levels, and GPS coordinates collected during the dry seasons of 2013, 2014, and 2015. The study was conducted by Virya Hantrakun with ethical approvals from Mahidol University and the University of Oxford.

Use Cases

• Predicting the presence of Burkholderia pseudomallei based on soil nutrient levels like nitrogen and phosphorus.
• Analyzing the relationship between soil texture (sand, silt, clay fractions) and bacterial prevalence.
• Mapping the geographic distribution of a pathogenic bacterium using provided GPS coordinates and region data.
• Investigating seasonal and yearly variations in soil properties and bacterial presence across the three-year sampling period.

Strengths

• Includes 22 detailed soil physicochemical measurements per sampling site, providing a multi-faceted environmental profile.
• Sampling followed a rigorous 10x10 grid protocol per field, generating 100 points that were pooled for analysis.
• Data collection is temporally explicit, covering three consecutive years (2013-2015) during the dry season.
• Geographic coverage includes 61 villages across three distinct regions of Thailand (East, Central, Northeast).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Data is limited to rice fields in Thailand during a specific time period, which may affect generalizability.
• Column-level documentation is absent for some inferred fields; field semantics must be confirmed after download.

Provenance

Source

Virya Hantrakun, sourced via paperswithcode.

Collection Method

Soil samples were collected from a 10x10 grid in each field, pooled, and analyzed for bacterial culture and physicochemical properties by iLab Asia and Central Laboratory in Thailand.

Time Range

2013-2015 (dry seasons: April-June)

Geography

61 villages in East, Central, and Northeast Thailand