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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2010

Naturally competent Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolate as a convenient model for genetic studies.

Maria Soledad Ramirez, Michelle Don, Andrea K Merkier, Alfonso J Soler Bistué, Angeles Zorreguieta, Daniela Centrón, Marcelo E Tolmasky

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

64 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Maria Soledad RamirezDepartment of Biological Science, California State University, Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831-3599, USA.
Michelle Don
Andrea K Merkier
Alfonso J Soler Bistué
Angeles Zorreguieta
Daniela Centrón
Marcelo E Tolmasky

Funding

Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training ProgramT37MD001368 · NIMHD · CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FULLERTON · PI TOLMASKY, MARCELO E · 2005 to 2024
$3.9M
DEALING WITH ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE--ANTISENSE TECHNOLOGYR15AI047115 · NIAID · CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FULLERTON · PI TOLMASKY, MARCELO E · 2000 to 2022
$1.8M
NIAID NIH HHS 2R15AI047115NIAID NIH HHS R15 AI047115NIMHD NIH HHS T37 MD001368NIMHD NIH HHS T37MD001368
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acinetobacter baumannii A118 was isolated from a patient's blood culture. It is susceptible to several antibiotics, is naturally competent, and supports replication and stable maintenance of four plasmid replicons. A. baumannii A118 took up a fluorophore-labeled oligonucleotide analog. These characteristics make this isolate a convenient model for genetic studies.

Indexed as

Transformation, BacterialAcinetobacter baumanniiAcinetobacter InfectionsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacteremiaGenetics, MicrobialHumansIntensive Care UnitsMicrobial Sensitivity TestsOligonucleotidesPlasmidsAnti-Bacterial AgentsOligonucleotides

Identifiers

PMID20181905
PMCPMC2849597

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