Naturally transformable Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1 belongs to the newly described species Acinetobacter baylyi

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 932-936

  Vaneechoutte, Mario ^a   Young, David M ^b   Ornston, L Nicholas ^c   De Baere, Thierry ^a   Nemec, Alexandr ^d   Van Der Reijden, Tanny ^e   Carr, Emma ^f   Tjernberg, Ingela ^g   Dijkshoorn, Lenie ^e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CHARACTERIZATION; DNA SEQUENCES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY; RNA;

ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; NATURAL TRANSFORMATION; TAXONOMIC POSITION; TRANSFORMABILITY;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; RIBOSOME DNA;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; DNA; GENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; RNA; TAXONOMY;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHROBACTER IMMOBILIS; RNA SEQUENCE; TAXONOMY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; ACINETOBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSYCHROBACTER IMMOBILIS;

ACINETOBACTER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33144459955     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.1.932-936.2006     Document Type: Article

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