The Japanese used '' B. mallei '' in their biological warfare research units . The most notable and notorious unit , Unit 731 , used the bacterium to conduct experiments on live human subjects . However , the Japanese did not end up creating a biological weapon out of '' B. mallei '' . They did actually use '' B. mallei '' to test its effectiveness in contaminating water supplies , and the results of these tests were successful
Unit 731
Unit 731
Burkholderia mallei