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The Environmental Acinetobacter baumannii Isolate DSM30011 Reveals Clues into the Preantibiotic Era Genome Diversity, Virulence Potential, and Niche Range of a Predominant Nosocomial Pathogen.
Genome biology and evolution - 1 Sept 2017
Repizo Guillermo D, Viale Alejandro M, Borges Vítor, Cameranesi María M, Taib Najwa, Espariz Martín, Brochier-Armanet Céline, Gomes João Paulo, Salcedo Suzana P
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Acinetobacter baumannii represents nowadays an important nosocomial opportunistic pathogen whose reservoirs outside the clinical setting are obscure. Here, we traced the origins of the collection strain A. baumannii DSM30011 to an isolate first reported in 1944, obtained from the enriched microbiota responsible of the aerobic decomposition of the resinous desert shrub guayule. Whole-genome sequencing and...
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