Acinetobacter pittii

Acinetobacter pittii is a Gram-negative, oxidase-negative, catalase-positive, strictly aerobic, nonmotile, diplococcoid rod bacterium from the genus Acinetobacter.[3][4] DNA-DNA hybridization studies have been used to identify DNA groups (genomic species) within the genus Acinetobacter and A. pittii belongs to the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex. The specific epithet pittii is named after the British microbiologist Tyrone Pitt.

Acinetobacter pittii
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Pseudomonadales
Family: Moraxellaceae
Genus: Acinetobacter
Species:
A. pittii
Binomial name
Acinetobacter pittii
Nemec et al. 2011[1]
Type strain
ATCC 19004, Bouvet and Grimont 25, CIP 70.29, Courtieu 57.071.228, Dijkshoorn serial no. 55, Hugh 2425, LMG 1035, LMG 10565, NCDC KC739, NIPH 519, RUH 2206, strain 320, WDCM 00072[2]

Bacteria of the genus Acinetobacter are ubiquitously distributed in nature. They are found in various types of soils and waters and are occasionally found in foodstocks. They are normal inhabitants of human skin and are capable of transitory colonization of the upper respiratory tract. They can cause infection in debilitated patients.[4][5][6]

References
  1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. Straininfo of Acinetobacter pittii
  3. Taxonomy Browser
  4. Nemec, A.; Krizova, L.; Maixnerova, M.; Van Der Reijden, T. J. K.; Deschaght, P.; Passet, V.; Vaneechoutte, M.; Brisse, S.; Dijkshoorn, L. (2011). "Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus–Acinetobacter baumannii complex with the proposal of Acinetobacter pittii sp. nov. (formerly Acinetobacter genomic species 3) and Acinetobacter nosocomialis sp. nov. (formerly Acinetobacter genomic species 13TU)". Research in Microbiology. 162 (4): 393–404. doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2011.02.006. PMID 21320596.
  5. Wang, X.; Chen, T.; Yu, R.; Lü, X.; Zong, Z. (2013). "Acinetobacter pittii and Acinetobacter nosocomialis among clinical isolates of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex in Sichuan, China". Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 76 (3): 392–395. doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.03.020. PMID 23639796.
  6. Dongyou Liu (13 April 2011). Molecular Detection of Human Bacterial Pathogens (1 ed.). Crc Pr Inc. ISBN 978-1439812389.


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