Acinetobacter radioresistens explained

Acinetobacter radioresistens is a species of radiation-resistant bacteria. It is Gram-negative, oxidase-negative, not spore-forming, nonmotile, nonfermentative, aerobic, pleomorphic, and coccobacilli-shaped. The type strain of this species is strain FO-1 (= IAM 13186).^[1]

Further reading

• Poirel. L.. Figueiredo. S.. Cattoir. V.. Carattoli. A.. Nordmann. P.. Acinetobacter radioresistens as a Silent Source of Carbapenem Resistance for Acinetobacter spp.. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 52. 4. 2008. 1252–1256. 0066-4804. 10.1128/AAC.01304-07. 18195058. 2292503.
• Visca P, Petrucca A, De Mori P, Festa A, Boumis E, Antinori A, etal . Community-acquired Acinetobacter radioresistens bacteremia in an HIV-positive patient. . Emerg Infect Dis . 2001 . 7 . 6 . 1032–5 . 11747736 . 10.3201/eid0706.010621 . 2631918 .
• Pessione E, Giuffrida MG, Prunotto L, Barello C, Mazzoli R, Fortunato D, etal . Membrane proteome of Acinetobacter radioresistens S13 during aromatic exposure. . Proteomics . 2003 . 3 . 6 . 1070–6 . 10.1002/pmic.200300425 . 12833532 . 33070566 . free .
• Peterkofsky B, DiBlasio R. Modification of the tritium-release assays for prolyl and lysyl hydroxylases using Dowex-50 columns. . Anal Biochem . 1975 . 66 . 1 . 279–86 . 10.1016/0003-2697(75)90747-2. 167603 .

External links

• LPSN

Notes and References

1. Nishimura. Y.. Ino. T.. Iizuka. H.. Acinetobacter radioresistens sp. nov. Isolated from Cotton and Soil. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 38. 2. 1988. 209–211. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-38-2-209. free.