Acinetobacter junii

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Acinetobacter junii
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Pseudomonadales
Family: Moraxellaceae
Genus: Acinetobacter
Species:
A. junii
Binomial name
Acinetobacter junii
Bouvet & Grimont, 1986
Synonyms

Acinetobacter grimontii [1]

Acinetobacter junii is a species of bacteria. [2] Its type strain is ATCC 17908. It can be pathogenic. [3] [4] [5] This bacterium has been linked to nosocomial infections including catheter-related blood stream infections and cellulitis. [5]

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References

  1. Vaneechoutte, M.; De Baere, T.; Nemec, A.; Musilek, M.; Van Der Reijden, T. J. K.; Dijkshoorn, L. (2008). "Reclassification of Acinetobacter grimontii Carr et al. 2003 as a later synonym of Acinetobacter junii Bouvet and Grimont 1986". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 58 (4): 937–940. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.65129-0 . PMID   18398198.
  2. Bouvet, P. J. M.; Grimont, P. A. D. (1986). "Taxonomy of the Genus Acinetobacter with the Recognition of Acinetobacter baumannii sp. nov., Acinetobacter haemolyticus sp. nov., Acinetobacter johnsonii sp. nov., and Acinetobacter junii sp. nov. and Emended Descriptions of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and Acinetobacter lwoffii". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 36 (2): 228–240. doi: 10.1099/00207713-36-2-228 . ISSN   0020-7713.
  3. Linde HJ, Hahn J, Holler E, Reischl U, Lehn N (July 2002). "Septicemia due to Acinetobacter junii". Journal of Clinical Microbiology . 40 (7): 2696–7. doi:10.1128/jcm.40.7.2696-2697.2002. PMC   120562 . PMID   12089313.
  4. Cayo, R.; Yanez San Segundo, L.; Perez del Molino Bernal, I. C.; Garcia de la Fuente, C.; Bermudez Rodriguez, M. A.; Calvo, J.; Martinez-Martinez, L. (2010). "Bloodstream infection caused by Acinetobacter junii in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia after allogenic haematopoietic cell transplantation". Journal of Medical Microbiology. 60 (3): 375–377. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.024596-0 . ISSN   0022-2615. PMID   21109630.
  5. 1 2 Henao-Martínez AF, González-Fontal GR, Johnson S (June 2012). "A case of community-acquired Acinetobacter junii-johnsonii cellulitis". Biomédica . 32 (2): 179–81. doi: 10.7705/biomedica.v32i2.652 . PMID   23242290.

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