Three studies are described in this dissertation. The first examined the taxonomic
relationship between the naturally transformable bacterium, Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1 …

Genotypic and phenotypic analyses were carried out to clarify the taxonomic position of the
naturally transformable Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1. Transfer tDNA-PCR fingerprinting …

The genus Acinetobacter contains environmental species as well as opportunistic
pathogens of humans. Several species are competent for natural transformation, an …

2. Materials and Methods A. calcoaceticus NCIB8250 and mutant strains derived from it
were maintained and grown as described previously [5, 12]. DNA was extracted and partially …

Bacteria belonging to the genus Acinetobacter share the following characteristics that allow
for presumptive identification at the genus level: they are gramnegative, strictly aerobic …

The availability of a strain of Acinetobacter competent for transformation has made it
possible to demonstrate the genetic relatedness of a large variety of gram-negative, oxidase …

A transformation procedure that yielded high efficiencies was developed for Acinetobacter
calcoaceticus. Strain BD413 Ura− trpE was transformed to tryptophan prototrophy using …

Acinetobacter sp. strain BD413 (= ATCC 33305), a nutritionally versatile bacterium, has an
extremely efficient natural transformation system. Here we describe the generation of eight …

The genus Acinetobacter comprises 17 validly named and 14 unnamed (genomic) species.
Some unrelated (genomic) species have common designations, while some other species …

Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1 is a nutritionally versatile soil bacterium closely related to
representatives of the well-characterized Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas …