Open AccessNaturally Competent Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolate as a Convenient Model for Genetic Studies
Author(s) -
María Soledad Ramirez,
Michelle Don,
Andrea Karina Merkier,
Alfonso Soler-Bistué,
Ángeles Zorreguieta,
Daniela Centrón,
Marcelo E. Tolmasky
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01264-09
Subject(s) - acinetobacter baumannii , plasmid , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , replicon , antibiotics , oligonucleotide , genetics , bacteria , dna , pseudomonas aeruginosa
Acinetobacter baumannii A118 was isolated from a patient's blood culture. It is susceptible to several antibiotics, is naturally competent, and supports replication and stable maintenance of four plasmid replicons. A. baumannii A118 took up a fluorophore-labeled oligonucleotide analog. These characteristics make this isolate a convenient model for genetic studies.