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Acinetobacter baumannii

Acinetobacter baumannii

Catalogue No.

NCTC 13422

Current Name

Acinetobacter baumannii

Type Strain

Reference Strain

Culture Conditions

Growth Conditions on Solid Media

Nutrient agar, 24 hours, 37°C, O₂

Biological and Genomic Info

Gram Stain Result

Negative

Strain Data

Acinetobacter baumanii NW Clone. Turton JF, Kaufmann ME, Glover J, Coelho JM, Warner M, Pike R, Pitt TL. Detection and typing of integrons in epidemic strains of Acinetobacter baumannii found in the United Kingdom. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Jul;43(7):3074-82. Turton JF, Kaufmann ME, Gill MJ, Pike R, Scott PT, Fishbain J, Craft D, Deye G, Riddell S, Lindler LE, Pitt TL. Comparison of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from the United Kingdom and the United States that were associated with repatriated casualties of the Iraq conflict. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Jul;44(7):2630-4. Turton JF, Gabriel SN, Valderrey C, Kaufmann ME, Pitt TL. Use of sequence-based typing and multiplex PCR to identify clonal lineages of outbreak strains of Acinetobacter baumannii. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2007 Aug;13(8):807-15.

Additional Info

Depositor

J Turton, LHCAI, HPA, Colindale

Isolated From

Patient, uk hosptial (2004)

Applications

Bibliography

Turton et at (2006) FEMS Microbiol Lett 258:72-77, Turton et al (2007) Clin Microbiol Infect 13:8070815

Extended Bibliography

Use of sequence-based typing and multiplex PCR to identify clonal lineages of outbreak strains of Acinetobacter baumannii., https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17610600 Comparison of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from the United Kingdom and the United States that were associated with repatriated casualties of the Iraq conflict., https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16825400

Available Formats

  • Ampoule (Bacteria)

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