The genomes of most bacteria contain mobile DNA elements that can contribute to
undesirable genetic instability in engineered cells. In particular, transposable insertion …

Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 has the potential to be a versatile bacterial host for synthetic
biology because it is naturally transformable. To examine the genetic reliability of this …

For more than 25 years, Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 has been used in molecular biology
studies that address a broad range of questions. Recently, the rapid accumulation of data …

Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 is a non-pathogenic soil bacterium known for its metabolic
diversity and high natural transformation and recombination efficiency. For these features, A …

Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1 is a naturally transformable gram-negative bacterium with
simple culture requirements, a prototrophic metabolism and a compact genome of 3.7 Mb …

Recombination between insertion sequence copies can cause genetic deletion, inversion,
or duplication. However, it is difficult to assess the fraction of all genomic rearrangements …

Natural transformation and homologous recombination in a soil bacterium, Acinetobacter
baylyi ADP1, occur with exceptionally high efficiency. These genetic features can be …

For many years, the natural competency of Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 facilitated studies of
bacterial metabolism, biochemistry, and physiology. With the advent of synthetic biology …

Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 is naturally competent and proficient at homologous
recombination, so it can be transformed without restriction digests or ligation reactions …

Background Natural transformation enables acquisition of adaptive traits and drives genome
evolution in prokaryotes. Yet, the selective forces responsible for the evolution and …