Delineation of new proteolytic genomic species in the genus Acinetobacter.

doi:10.1016/0923-2508(89)90021-1

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Delineation of new proteolytic genomic species in the genus Acinetobacter.

Research in microbiology - 1 Jan 2000

Bouvet P J, Jeanjean S

Abstract excerpt

Twenty-seven proteolytic Acinetobacter strains differing phenotypically from the 12 previously described Acinetobacter species were studied by DNA/DNA hybridization using the S1 nuclease method to assess their relatedness. Five DNA groups (genomic species 13 to 17) containing 20 strains were deli...

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Acinetobacter
DNA, Bacterial
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
Phenotype

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