| Species/Subspecies: | Acinetobacter lwoffii | ||||||||
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| Categories: | Motile; in the normal flora | ||||||||
| Etymology: | Genus name: nonmotile rod. Species epithet: named to honour the French biologist Andre Lwoff (1902-1994), who received the nobel prize in physiology and medicin in 1965. | ||||||||
| Significance: | [Of minor importance] | ||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Gammaproteobacteria Order Pseudomonadales Family Moraxellaceae Genus Acinetobacter |
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| Type Strain: | ATCC 15309 = NCTC 5866 | ||||||||
| Macromorphology (smell): | Small translucent colonies (1.0-1.5 mm in diameter) | ||||||||
| Micromorphology: | Rods with twitching motility (not "swimming") (0.9-1.6 x 1.5-2.5 µm). | ||||||||
| Gram +/Gram -: | G- | ||||||||
| Metabolism: | Strictly aerobic with O2 as final electron acceptor. | ||||||||
| Catalase/Oxidase: | +/- | ||||||||
| Biochemical Tests: | Citrate - | ||||||||
| Fermentation of carbohydrates: | Acinetobacter spp. does not ferment carbohydrates. | ||||||||
| Spec. Char.: | Optimal growth temperature: 33-35°C. Growth occurs between 20 and 37°C. | ||||||||
| Disease: | Bacteria of this genus can sometimes cause opportunistic infections in mammals. |
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| Hosts: | Many different animal species | ||||||||
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About 60 species have been described within genus Acinetobacter and these species are related to members of the genus Moraxella. | ||||||||
| Comment: | An environmental bacterium that occurs in soil, manure, water and in the normal flora of different mammalian species e.g. horses, dogs and cats. | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2023-03-29 |