The genomics of Acinetobacter baumannii: Insights into genome plasticity, antimicrobial resistance and pathogenicity

IUBMB Life

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1068-1074

  Imperi, Francesco ^a   Antunes, Luísa C S ^b   Blom, Jochen ^c   Villa, Laura ^d   Iacono, Michele ^e   Visca, Paolo ^b   Carattoli, Alessandra ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e Applied Science Roche Diagnostics   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clonal complexes; Comparative genomics; Core genome; Pan genome; Singletons; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADAPTATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENES, MDR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; OPEN READING FRAMES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 79960939630     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.531     Document Type: Review

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