Acinetobacter calcoaceticus

Acinetobacter calcoaceticus

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Classification

Bacteria; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria; Pseudomonadales; Moraxellaceae

Species

NCBI: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=1007084&lvl= 3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock]

Acinetobacter A. calcoaceticus

Description and Significance

Acinetobacter calcoaceticus is a soil bacterium. It is located in sewage and soil and is capable of causing nosocomial infections.

Despite being regarded nonpathogenic in most cases, Acinetobacters are causal agents of nosocomial infections, particularly in the elderly.

Genome Structure

Acinetobacter calcoaceticus has a size of 0.9 - 1.6 micrometers by 1.5 - 2.5 micrometers. It has a chromosome of 4,110,074 base pairs and a plasmid of 5,920 base pairs. It has a rod shape.

Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle

Interesting features of cell structure; how it gains energy; what important molecules it produces.

Ecology and Pathogenesis

Habitat; symbiosis; biogeochemical significance; contributions to environment.
If relevant, how does this organism cause disease? Human, animal, plant hosts? Virulence factors, as well as patient symptoms.

References

[Sample reference] [http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/50/2/489 Takai, K., Sugai, A., Itoh, T., and Horikoshi, K. "Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2000. Volume 50. p. 489-500.]

Author

Page authored by _____, student of Prof. Bradley Tolar at UNC Wilmington.

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