Naturally competent Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolate as a convenient model for genetic studies

RAMIREZ, MS; DON, M; MERKIER AK; SOLER BISTUE, A J C; ZORREGUIETA, A; CENTRÓN D; TOLMASKY, M E

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY

Año: 2010 vol. 48 p. 1488 - 1490

0095-1137

Acinetobacter baumannii A118 was isolated from a patient's blood culture. It is susceptible to several antibiotics, is naturally competent, and supports replication and stable maintenance of four plasmid replicons. A. baumannii A118 took up a fluorophore-labeled oligonucleotide analog. These characteristics make this isolate a convenient model for genetic studies.