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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2006, p. 932-936, Vol. 72, No. 1
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.72.1.932-936.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Naturally Transformable Acinetobacter sp. Strain ADP1 Belongs to the Newly Described Species Acinetobacter baylyi

Mario Vaneechoutte,1* David M. Young,2 L. Nicholas Ornston,3 Thierry De Baere,1 Alexandr Nemec,4 Tanny Van Der Reijden,5 Emma Carr,6 Ingela Tjernberg,7 and Lenie Dijkshoorn5

Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium,1 Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts,2 Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut,3 Centre of Epidemiology and Microbiology, National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic,4 Department of Infectious Diseases C5-P, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands,5 Biotechnology Research Centre, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia,6 Department of Medical Microbiology, Malmoe University Hospital, University of Lund, Malmoe, Sweden7

Received 15 June 2005/ Accepted 19 October 2005

Genotypic and phenotypic analyses were carried out to clarify the taxonomic position of the naturally transformable Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1. Transfer tDNA-PCR fingerprinting, 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, and selective restriction fragment amplification (amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis) indicate that strain ADP1 and a second transformable strain, designated 93A2, are members of the newly described species Acinetobacter baylyi. Transformation assays demonstrate that the A. baylyi type strain B2T and two other originally identified members of the species (C5 and A7) also have the ability to undergo natural transformation at high frequencies, confirming that these five strains belong to a separate species of the genus Acinetobacter, characterized by the high transformability of its strains that have been cultured thus far.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, Ghent University Hospital, Blok A, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Gent, Belgium. Phone: 32-9-240-36-92. Fax: 32-9-240-36-59. E-mail: Mario.Vaneechoutte{at}UGent.be

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2006, p. 932-936, Vol. 72, No. 1
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.72.1.932-936.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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