Acinetobacter species as model microorganisms in environmental microbiology: current state and perspectives

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2533-2548

  Jung, Jaejoon ^a   Park, Woojun ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Genomics; Hydrocarbon; Motility; Quorum sensing; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; TAXONOMIES;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; GENOMICS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; METABOLIC CHARACTERISTICS; MOTILITY; NATURAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; QUORUM-SENSING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY;

ALKANE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; CATECHOL; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COLISTIN; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROCARBON; MESSENGER RNA; METRONIDAZOLE; NORFLOXACIN; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATABOLISM; CELL POPULATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SOIL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TRANSPOSON; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84923702463     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6439-y     Document Type: Review

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