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ACINETOBACTER PITTII
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Acinetobacter |
| Species: | Acinetobacter pittii |
| Description: | They are Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, nonmotile, diplococcoid rods that are oxidase negative and catalase positive. |
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| Source: | They are found in various types of soils and waters and are occasionally found in foodstocks. They are normal inhabitants of human skin and are capable of transitory colonization of the upper respiratory tract. |
| Pathogenicity: | They can cause infection in debilitated patients. |
| Genbank: | NC_016603.1 [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
| Size (Mb): | 3.86 |
| GC %: | 38.8 |
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| Reference: | Wang, X.; Chen, T.; Yu, R.; Lü, X.; Zong, Z. (2013). "Acinetobacter pittii and Acinetobacter nosocomialis among clinical isolates of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex in Sichuan, China". Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 76 (3): 392–395.,,Dongyou Liu (13 April 2011). Molecular Detection of Human Bacterial Pathogens (1 ed.). Crc Pr Inc.,, NEMEC (A.), KRIZOVA (L.), MAIXNEROVA (M.), VAN DER REIJDEN (T.J.K.), DESCHAGHT (P.), PASSET (V.), VANEECHOUTTE (M.), BRISSE (S.) and DIJKSHOORN (L.): Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus- Acinetobacter baumannii complex with the proposal of Acinetobacter pittii sp. nov. (formerly Acinetobacter genomic species 3) and Acinetobacter nosocomialis sp. nov. (formerly Acinetobacter genomic species 13TU). Res. Microbiol., 2011, 162, 393-404. |
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