Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (Beijerinck 1911) Baumann et al. 1968
NCAIM Number B.02622
Other Collection Number DSM 1139
Strain Name
Mutant
Strain Status
Strain History
Previous Name
Typestrain of
Depositor
Isolator
Isolation source hexadecane enrichments
Isolation Type technology
Restriction Hazard Group 2
Name of Medium NCAIM 0025 - Nutrient agar 30°C
Notes and applications

Listed as A. baumannii in DSMZ-catalogue 1998 because of biochemical similarity to A. baumannii. 16S rDNA sequences 99.9% similar to A. calcoaceticus. (Rainey, F. A., Lang, E., Stackebrandt, E. 1994. The phylogenetic structure of the genus Acinetobacter.. FEMS Microbiol.Lett. 124 : 349-354).
Utilizes n-alkanes (Ensley, B. D., Finnerty, W. R. (1980). Influences of growth substrates and oxygen on the electron transport system in Acinetobacter sp. HO1-N. J.Bacteriol. 142 : 859-868 . http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7380810)
ID checked by 16S sequencing

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