Acinetobacter baylyi
Acinetobacter baylyi is a bacterial species of the genus Acinetobacter, which was discovered in activated sludge in Victoria, Australia alongside six other new Acinetobacter species. A. baylyi is named after Ronald Bayly, an Australian microbiologist. As with other species of Acinetobacter it is a nonmotile, gram negative coccobacillus. It grows under aerobic conditions, is catalase positive and oxidase negative. The species is naturally competent, meaning that it can take up free DNA from its surroundings and incorporate the DNA into its own chromosomal DNA by transformation (genetics).
| Acinetobacter baylyi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Pseudomonadales |
| Family: | Moraxellaceae |
| Genus: | Acinetobacter |
| Species: | A. baylyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Acinetobacter baylyi Carr et al. 2003 | |
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