The mesophile Acinetobacter sp. strain BD413 and the extreme thermophile Thermus thermophilus HB27 display high frequencies of natural transformation. In this study we identified and characterized a novel competence gene in Acinetobacter sp. strain BD413, comA, whose product displays significant similarities to the competence proteins ComA and ComEC in Neisseria and Bacillus species. Transcript...

In this work, a hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium D3-2 isolated from petroleum contaminated soil samples was investigated for its potential effect in biodegradation of crude oil. The strain was identified as Acinetobacter sp. D3-2 based on morphological, biochemical and phylogenetic analysis. The optimum environmental conditions for growth of the bacteria were determined to be pH 8.0, with a NaCl...

A total of 30 bacteria were isolated from the rhizoplane of rice cv. BR29 cultivated in Mymensingh, Bangladesh and from the seedlings obtained from surface-sterilized seeds of BR29. Upon screening, 6 isolates showed varying levels of phosphate solubilizing activity in both agar plate and broth assays using National Botanical Research Institute's phosphate medium. The bacterial isolates were ide...

St John’s Institute of Dermatology, GKT School of Medicine, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, U.K. *Department of Dermatology, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport NP20 2UB, U.K. Department of Dermatology, Western Infirmary, Glasgow G11 6NT, U.K. The Dermatology Centre, Hope Hospital, Salford, Manchester M6 8HD, U.K. §Psoriatic Arthropathy Alliance, PO Box 111, St Albans AL2 3JQ, U.K. –Department o...

Department of Dermatology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds LS1 3EX, U.K. *Department of Dermatology, Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle CA2 7HY, U.K. Independent Acne Patient Advisor, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast BT9 7AB, U.K. Department of Dermatology, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast BT9 7AB, U.K. §Department of Dermatology, The Park Hospital, Arnold, Nottingham NG5 5BX, U.K. –Department of Dermat...

Acinetobacter sp. strain YZS-X1-1 was isolated from freshwater pond sludge in China. Here, we present the draft genome of strain YZS-X1-1, which consists of 3,278,660 bases, with a G+C content of 42.1%.

A minor phospholipid from Acinetobacter sp. HO1-N was identified as acyl-phosphatidylglycerol. Acyl-phosphatidylglycerol synthesis by outer-membrane preparations appeared to be a result of phospholipase A activity.

Over two years, 9892 mid-stream urine samples from patients attending the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi were cultured. Significant bacterial growth was seen in 23.5% samples. Further identification of these organisms Eevealed 40% of E.coli, 16% Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 11% Klebsiella aerogenes, 5.0% Enterobacter sp., 13% Protdus sp., 4.0% Serratia liquifaciens, 1.0% Acinetobacter sp., 3....

Based on the traditional usage, Moringa oleifera and Allamanda cathartica plants were selected. The present study is to find out its antimicrobial potential against clinical isolates of KMCHospital. The resistant patterns of the isolated pathogens were studied against commercial standard antibiotics. By using the different polar solvents (Methanol, Ethanol, Chloroform, Water, Petroleum ether an...