The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified for the first time in domestic environmental samples the bacteria that causes a rare and serious disease called <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/melioidosis/index.html">melioidosis</a>. The bacteria, <em>Burkholderia pseudomallei </em>or<em> B. pseudomallei</em>, was identified through sampling of soil and water in the Gulf Coast region of Mississippi.