Open AccessThe phylogenetic structure of the genus Acinetobacter
Author(s) -
Rainey Fred A.,
Lang Elke,
Stackebrandt Erko
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1994.tb07307.x
Subject(s) - acinetobacter , biology , acinetobacter calcoaceticus , phylogenetic tree , microbiology and biotechnology , 16s ribosomal rna , phylogenetics , genus , zoology , genetics , bacteria , gene , antibiotics
16S rDNA sequence analysis was performed on the type strains of all validly described Acinetobacter species and five unnamed Acinetobacter strains. The phylogenetic analyses confirm that Acinetobacter is a coherent genus within the gamma subclass of Proteobacteria and that the species are phylogenetically well defined. A. calcoaceticus, A. lwoffii, A. johnsonii and A. haemolyticus form one cluster of closely related species, the pair A. junii and A. baumannii forms a second cluster. A. radioresistens stands phylogenetically isolated. The study reveals that three undescribed strains can be assigned to individually described species, while strains DSM 30009 and DSM 590 may represent two novel Acinetobacter species.