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Comparison of the Virulence-Associated Phenotypes of Five Species of Acinetobacter baumannii Complex.
Journal of microbiology and biotechnology - 1 Jan 2016
Na In Young, Chung Eun Seon, Jung Chang-Yun, Kim Dae Hun, Shin Juyoun, Kang KyeongJin, Kim Seong-Tae, Ko Kwan Soo
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we compared the virulence-associated factors of Acinetobacter baumannii complex species. Sixty-three isolates of five A. baumannii complex species, including 19 A. baumannii, 15 A. nosocomialis, 13 A. seifertii, 13 A. pittii, and 3 A. calcoaceticus isolates, were included in this study. For all isolates, biofilm formation, A549 cell adherence, resistance to normal human serum, and motility were...
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