Naturally competent Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolate as a convenient model for genetic studies
Maria Soledad Ramirez1, Michelle Don, Andrea K Merkier
1Department of Biological Science, California State University, Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831-3599, USA.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|February 26, 2010
Abstract:
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.
