On Gram stain, Acinetobacter are short, plump coccobacilli or rods, sometimes resembling Moraxella or Neisseria spp. but distinguished easily by their lack of cytochrome oxidase activity. In addition, some cells can hold the crystal violet of Gram staining and appear as “staphylococcal-like”...
Acinetobacterspp. are strictly aerobic, nonmotile, Gram-negative, oxidase-negative and catalase-positive, diplococcoid rods, with a DNA G+C content of 38–47mol%. Members of the genus are ubiquitous, free-living saprophytes that can be isolated from soil, water, and various foods.Acinetobacter...
radioresistens, in India. Gram-negative coccobacilli were observed on Gram stain and culture of vitreous fluid specimen, and identified biochemically as Acinetobacter spp. The species was identified by Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization- Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). The ...
The 18 kDa PsaB protein is highly conserved amongAcinetobacterspp. According toSTRING, it is supposed to interact with the TolB–Pal of the Tol–Pal system proteins. InE. coli, TolB physically interacts with lipoproteins Pal and Lpp as well as OmpA, and Pal with OmpA48. Previous studies ...
Acinetobactersp. DW-1(GenBank accession number KU499947), which was isolated from a biological active carbon (BAC) filter in a drinking water plant in our laboratory4, is able to grow on mineral salt medium (MSM) with phenol as a sole carbon and energy source.Acinetobacterspp. are commonly...
Acinetobactersp. DW-1(GenBank accession number KU499947), which was isolated from a biological active carbon (BAC) filter in a drinking water plant in our laboratory4, is able to grow on mineral salt medium (MSM) with phenol as a sole carbon and energy source.Acinetobacterspp. are commonly...
The two Acinetobacter isolates were Gram-stain-negative, coccobacilli-shaped, aerobic, non-motile, non-hemolytic, oxidase-negative, and catalase-positive. They were designated as strains VNH17T and VNK23. Their growth was inhibited by NaCl concentrations of >3%, and they grew at an optimal ...
It may be mistaken for Neisseria, Haemophilus spp. or Moraxella on Gram stain. Common in the environment (water, soil) and hospitals (catheters, lotions, ventilation equipment) Grows on standard agar media. Oxidase negative A. baumannii is the major species of Acinetobacter. Other species inc...
Carbapenem resistance in Gram-negative bacteria: the not-so-little problem in the little red dot. Microorganisms 4, pii: E13 (2016). 10. Bergogne-Berezin, E. & Towner, K.J. Acinetobacter spp. as nosocomial pathogens: microbiological, clinical, and epidemiological features. Clin. Microbiol. ...
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