Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the most antibiotic-resistant pathogens in clinical
medicine, and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains are commonly isolated from infected …

The natural transformability of the soil bacterium Acinetobacter sp. ADP1 (BD413UE),
formerly classified as A. calcoaceticus, has facilitated previous physiological and …

Analysis of spontaneous mutations in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus revealed a 1237 bp
insertion sequence named IS 1236 and possessing a nucleotide sequence resembling …

It is a basic principle of genetics that the likelihood of a particular mutation occurring is
independent of its phenotypic consequences. The concept of directed mutation, defined as …

Acquisition of foreign DNA by horizontal gene transfer is seen as a major source of genetic
diversity in prokaryotes. However, strongly divergent DNA is not genomically integrated by …

Pathogenic Acinetobacter species, most notably Acinetobacter baumannii, are a significant
cause of healthcare‐associated infections worldwide. Acinetobacter infections are of …

An insertion-sequence of prokaryotic origin was detected in a genomic clone obtained from
a Phaseolus vulgaris bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library. This BAC clone …

The interdependence of genetic linkage in transformation and physical distance was studied
in the bacterium Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1. Transformation experiments were performed …

Ultraviolet radiation can damage biomolecules, with detrimental or even lethal effects for life.
Even though lower wavelengths are filtered by the ozone layer, a significant amount of …

Insertion sequences (IS) are ubiquitous bacterial mobile genetic elements, and the
mutations they cause can be deleterious, neutral, or beneficial. The long-term dynamics of IS …