Genetic Features of Antarctic Acinetobacter radioresistens Strain A154 Harboring Multiple Antibiotic-Resistance Genes

• Main Authors: Opazo-Capurro, Andres, Higgins, Paul G., Wille, Julia, Seifert, Harald, Cigarroa, Camila, Gonzalez-Munoz, Paulina, Quezada-Aguiluz, Mario, Dominguez-Yevenes, Mariana, Bello-Toledo, Helia, Vergara, Luis, Gonzalez-Rocha, Gerardo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA 2019
• Subjects: ddc:no; Antarctic; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/14140/

While antibiotic-resistant bacteria have been detected in extreme environments, including Antarctica, to date there are no reports of Acinetobacter species isolated from this region. Here, we characterized by whole-genome sequencing (WGS) the genetic content of a single antibiotic-resistant Acinetob...