A. baumanniishows an intrinsic aptitude to persist in nosocomial and community settings, indicating its great capability to tolerate environmental stresses. To analyze the contribution of OmpA-like proteins to external stress tolerance, the growth ofompA-like mutants was evaluated under different stress ...
Acinetobacter baumannii (AB) is a notable cause of hospital-acquired infections, with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) classified as a high-priority critical pathogen. Bacteriophage therapy is emerging as a promising alternative to combat drug-resistant bacterial infections. In this study...
A. baumannii genomes account for 81.0 % of the total number of Acinetobacter genomes (728 genomes). Among non-A. baumannii species, 25 strains have clinical origin. As the number of isolates and the sequenced genome indicates, most research efforts have been focused on clinical isolates, ...
Taizhou, China) were used and other swabs were moistened using 0.9% saline before sampling. These swabs were plated directly onto Acinetobacter CHROMagar plates and incubated at 37 °C for 24 h. Based on red colour and morphology, a single, isolated colony of presumptiveA. baumanniiwas se...
No effect on morphology or viability in bafilomycin A1-treated cells was detected during or after the experiment (Fig. S3). Interestingly, bafilomycin A1 treatment increased the number of intracellular A. baumannii in comparison to untreated controls, thereby indicating that ATPase activity significantly...
The CDC recently reported a series of four septic transfusion reactions across three states resulting from contamination of apheresis platelet products. The apheresis platelets were contaminated with strains of both Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex (ACBC) and Staphylococcus saprophyticus (Ss). ...
A unique, protective cell envelope contributes to the broad drug resistance of the nosocomial pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii. Here we use transposon insertion sequencing to identify A. baumannii mutants displaying altered susceptibility to a panel of d
baumannii CIP 70.34T; accession no. DQ207471) to type strains of all known Acinetobacter species may belong to novel species and were characterized as described below. Two Acinetobacter isolates, namely, WCHAc060012T and WCHAc060115T, were recovered from the plate and had ≤98% identity of ...
virulence genes in testedAcinetobacterstrains was different and pathogenicAcinetobacterstrains generally had more virulence genes than nonpathogenic strains (Table2). 10 or more virulence genes were detected from pathogenic strains of AC1, AC15, AC18, AC21,A. baumannii,A. juniiandA. lwoffii(Table2)...
Ethiopia; 2Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Debre Birhan Health Science College, Debre Birhan, Ethiopia Abstract: Acinetobacter species, particularly Acinetobacter baumannii, is the first pathogen on the critical priority list of pathogens for novel antibiotics to become a "red-alert" human pat...