Acinetobacter

Genus of non-motile, aerobic Gram-negative rods, no pigment, catalase positive, oxidase negative, oxidative or negative 0/F test. The genus was created to accept certain similar species previously in the Achromobacter, Alcaligenes Bordetella and Moraxella genera.


A genus of gram-negative, aerobic coccobacilli that is an increasingly important cause of serious infections, especially in hospitalized patients.


 

 


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