The genes that allowed the bacterium to survive in a soil environment, like genes that gave B. mallei the capacity to protect against bactericidals, antibiotics, and antifungals, were likely deleted.
Os xenes que permitían que a bacteria vivise no ambiente do solo, como os xenes que lle daban a B. mallei a capacidade de protexerse contra bactericidas, antibióticos, e antifúnxicos, probalemente sufriron deleción.