The species concept is a recurrent controversial issue that preoccupies philosophers as well
as biologists of all disciplines. Prokaryotic species concept has its own history and results …

Acinetobacter spp. are Gram-negative bacteria that have become one of the most difficult
pathogens to treat. The species A. baumannii, largely unknown 30 years ago, has risen to …

In this study a multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme for Acinetobacter baumannii was
developed and evaluated by using 40 clinical A. baumannii isolates recovered from …

Background. We investigated an outbreak of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii-
calcoaceticus complex infection among US service members injured in Iraq. Methods. The …

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

Acinetobacter species are defined on the basis of several phenotypic characters, results of
DNA-DNA homology, and more recently, similarities or dissimilarities in 16S rRNA gene …

Background Microbial taxonomy remains a conservative discipline, relying on phenotypic
information derived from growth in pure culture and techniques that are time-consuming and …

ABSTRACT A vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) isolate was obtained
from a patient in Pennsylvania in September 2002. Species identification was confirmed by …

Over a period of 26 months, we have evaluated in a prospective fashion the use of 16S
rRNA gene sequencing as a means of identifying clinically relevant isolates of …

The species Acinetobacter calcoaceticus, A. baumannii, genomic species 3, and genomic
species 13TU included in the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii …