Precise Species Identification for Acinetobacter: a Genome-Based Study with Description of Two Novel Acinetobacter Species.

ABSTRACT: The genus Acinetobacter comprises species with ecological significance and opportunistic pathogens and has a complicated taxonomy. Precise species identification is a foundation for understanding bacteria. In this study, we found and characterized two novel Acinetobacter species, namely, Acinetobacter tianfuensis sp. nov. and Acinetobacter rongchengensis sp. nov., based on phenotype examinations and genome analyses of the two strains WCHAc060012^T and WCHAc060115^T. The two strains had ≤89.69% (mean, 79.28% or 79.72%) average nucleotide identity (ANI) and ≤36.4% (mean, 20.89% or 22.19%) in silico DNA-DNA hybridization (isDDH) values compared with each other and all known Acinetobacter species. Both species can be differentiated from all hitherto known Acin

SUBMITTER: Qin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8269215 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature