Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii complex with the proposal of Acinetobacter pittii sp. nov. (formerly Acinetobacter genomic species 3) and Acinetobacter nosocomialis sp. nov. (formerly Acinetobacter genomic species 13TU)

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 393-404

  Nemec, Alexandr ^a   Krizova, Lenka ^a,b   Maixnerova, Martina ^a   van der Reijden, Tanny J K ^c   Deschaght, Pieter ^d   Passet, Virginie ^e   Vaneechoutte, Mario ^d   Brisse, Sylvain ^e   Dijkshoorn, Lenie ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; AFLP; Genome comparison; MLSA; Polyphasic taxonomy; RpoB

Indexed keywords

CITRACONIC ACID; LEVULINIC ACID; MALONIC ACID; RNA 16S; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; TARTARIC ACID;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUSE; ACINETOBACTER NOSOCOMIALIS; ACINETOBACTER PITTII; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; AMPLIFIED RIBOSOMAL DNA RESTRICTION ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENOTYPE; MONOPHYLY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS;

EID: 79955132142     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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