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A total of 10 non-repetitive multi-drug-resistant Acinetobacter strains were collected. With reference to A. calcoaceticus (ATCC23055), A. baumannii (ATCC19606), A. lwoffii (ATCC17986), and A. junii (NCTC5866),DNA fingerprint technique, amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis (ARDRA), and random amplified polymorphism DNA (RAPD) were carried out to identify the genomic species of Acinetobacter spp. The distances between them were calculated by the unweighted pair group method with arithmetic (UPGMA). Genotypes of Acinetobacter spp. were effectively classified and an A. junii together with nine A. baumannii isolates was genomically identified. The combination of ARDRA and RAPD DNA-fingerprint technique shows high complementarity, and could be a useful tool in Acinetobacter genomic species identification.
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Translated from Microbiology, 2007, 34(2): 303–306 [译自:微生物学通报]
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Zhang, Y., Chen, Y., Tang, Y. et al. Combination of ARDRA and RAPD genotyping techniques in identification of Acinetobacter spp. genomic species. Front. Biol. China 3, 397–401 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11515-008-0087-x
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