Acinetobacter baylyi

Acinetobacter baylyi is a bacterial species of the genus Acinetobacter[1][2]. As with other species of Acinetobacter it is characterized by being a nonmotile, gram negative coccobacillus. It grows under aerobic conditions, is catalase positive and oxidase negative. A. baylyi is known for being natural competent, meaning that it can take up exogenous DNA from its surroundings and incorporate the DNA into its own chromosomal DNA by transformation (genetics)[3]

Acinetobacter baylyi
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Pseudomonadales
Family: Moraxellaceae
Genus: Acinetobacter
Species:
A. baylyi
Binomial name
Acinetobacter baylyi
Carr et al. 2003

References

  1. "Genus: Acinetobacter". lpsn.dsmz.de.
  2. Carr, Emma L.; Kämpfer, Peter; Patel, Bharat K. C.; Gürtler, Volker; Seviour, Robert J. (April 9, 2003). "Seven novel species of Acinetobacter isolated from activated sludge". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (4): 953–963. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02486-0. PMID 12892111.
  3. Elliott, Kathryn T.; Neidle, Ellen L. (April 9, 2011). "Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1: Transforming the choice of model organism". IUBMB Life. 63 (12): 1075–1080. doi:10.1002/iub.530. PMID 22034222.


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