DNA uptake by the nosocomial pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii 1 occurs while moving along wet surfaces 2 3
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DNA uptake by the nosocomial pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii 1 occurs while moving along wet surfaces 2 3 Gottfried Wilharm*, Janett Piesker, Michael Laue, and Evelyn Skiebe 4 5 1 Robert Koch-Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Burgstr. 37, D-38855 Wernigerode, Germany 6 2 Robert Koch-Institute, Nordufer 20, D-13353 Berlin, Germany 7 8 *Address correspondence to: 9 Gottfried Wilharm, Robert Koch-Institut, Bereich Wernigerode, Burgstr. 37, 10 D-38855 Wernigerode, Germany 11 Phone: +49 3943 679 282; Fax: +49 3943 679 207 12 e-mail: [email protected] 13 14 RUNNING TITLE 15 Natural competence of Acinetobacter baumannii 16 17
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