A taxonomically unique Acinetobacter strain with proteolytic and hemolytic activities recovered from a patient with a soft tissue injury.
A taxonomically unique bacterial strain, Acinetobacter sp. A47, has been recovered from several soft tissue samples from a patient undergoing reconstructive surgery owing to a traumatic amputation. The results of 16S rRNA, rpoB, and gyrB gene comparative sequence analyses showed that A47 does not belong to any of the hitherto-known taxa and may represent an as-yet-unknown Acinetobacter species. The recognition of this novel organism contributes to our knowledge of the taxonomic complexity underlying infections caused by Acinetobacter.
Laboratorio de Bacteriología Clínica, Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Buenos Aires, Argentina Laboratorio de Bacteriología, Hospital Interzonal de Agudos Eva Perón, San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Marisa
M
Almuzara
Instituto de Microbiología y Parasitología Médica (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
German Matías
GM
Traglia
Laboratory of Bacterial Genetics, National Institute of Public Health, Šrobárova, Prague, Czech Republic.
Lenka
L
Krizova
Laboratorio de Bacteriología Clínica, Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Claudia
C
Barberis
Instituto de Microbiología y Parasitología Médica (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sabrina
S
Montaña
Laboratorio de Bacteriología, Hospital Interzonal de Agudos Eva Perón, San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Romina
R
Bakai
Laboratorio de Bacteriología, Hospital Interzonal de Agudos Eva Perón, San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Alicia
A
Tuduri
Laboratorio de Bacteriología Clínica, Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Carlos
C
Vay
Laboratory of Bacterial Genetics, National Institute of Public Health, Šrobárova, Prague, Czech Republic anemec@szu.cz msramirez@fullerton.edu.
Alexandr
A
Nemec
Instituto de Microbiología y Parasitología Médica (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California, USA anemec@szu.cz msramirez@fullerton.edu.
María Soledad
MS
Ramírez
D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology
D004269:DNA, Bacterial