posted on 2024-11-14, 14:54authored byAndrew Robinson, Anthony J Brzoska, Kylie M Turner, Ryan Withers, Elizabeth J Harry, Peter Lewis, Nicholas DixonNicholas Dixon
Species of the bacterial genus Acinetobacter are becoming increasingly important as a source of hospital-acquired infections (31, 185, 204). Acinetobacter spp. are ubiquitous nonmotile gammaproteobacteria, typified by metabolic versatility and a capacity for natural transformation (172, 204). The species of most clinical relevance is A. baumannii; however, pathogenic strains of A. lwoffi and A. baylyi have also been described (38, 185, 215).
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Robinson, A., Brzoska, A., Turner, K., Withers, R., Harry, E., Lewis, P. & Dixon, N. E. (2010). Essential Biological Processes of an Emerging Pathogen: DNA Replication, Transcription, and Cell Division in Acinetobacter spp.. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 74 (2), 273-297.