Publications

[utilization in competition of sodium beta-hydroxybutyrate by neisseria winogradskyi].		1952	13017136
[degradation metabolism of 2-3 butanediol and of acetoin by microorganisms; considerations on neisseria winogradskyi. i. investigations on 2-3 butanediol dehydrogenase].		1953	13124973
[pathogenic or saprophytic bacteria transforming glucose to gluconic acid, bacterium anitratum, b5w, moraxella lwoffi var. glucidolytica, neisseria winogradskyi].		1954	13171653
regulation of the enzymes of the beta-ketoadipate pathway in moraxella calcoacetica. 1. general aspects.		1967	6060184
regulation of the enzymes of the beta-ketoadipate pathway in moraxella calcoacetica. 2. the role of protocatechuate as inducer.		1968	5645525
regulation of the enzymes of the beta-ketoadipate pathway in moraxella calcoacetica. 4. constitutive synthesis of beta-ketoadipate succinyl-coa transferases ii and 3.		1968	5645526
regulation of the enzymes of the beta-ketoadipate pathway in moraxella calcoacetica. 3. effects of 3-hydroxy-4-methylbenzoate on the synthesis of enzymes of the protocatechuate branch.		1968	5650850
haemolytic activity of acinetobacter calcoaceticus.		1971	5280419
phospholipase activity of acinetobacter calcoaceticus.		1971	5283982
production of phospholipase c in acinetobacter calcoaceticus.		1971	5290406
comparison of the two isofunctional enol-lactone hydrolases from acinetobacter calcoaceticus.	the rates of thermal denaturation and the molecular weights of the two isofunctional enol-lactone hydrolases (elh i and elh ii) of acinetobacter calcoaceticus were determined. the molecular weights of elh i and elh ii were found by gel filtration to be approximately 24,000 and 21,000, respectively. in crude extract at 45 c the two enzymes showed a marked difference in rate of thermal denaturation. after chromatography on sephadex g-100, however, the rates were nearly identical. the thermolabilit ...	1971	5573730
leukolytic activity of acinetobacter calcoaceticus.		1972	4630253
properties of purified phospholipase c from acinetobacter calcoaceticus.		1972	4630254
acute villous inflammation in the placenta following intrauterine transfusion.	infection is well recognized as a complication of intrauterine transfusion. the majority of cases are fortunately mild and consist merely of chorio-amnionitis. the present case, of severe type, resulted from contamination of the donor blood with acinetobacter calcoaceticus. spread of infection from foetus to mother has been carefully studied and an entirely new type of lesion in the placenta described. this takes the form of acute villous inflammation with resultant micro-abscess formation benea ...	1972	4646299
regulation of the synthesis of enzymes of tryptophan dissimilation in acinetobacter calcoaceticus.		1972	4117534
mapping of the tryptophan genes of acinetobacter calcoaceticus by transformation.	auxotrophs of acinetobacter calcoaceticus blocked in each reaction of the synthetic pathway from chorismic acid to tryptophan were obtained after n-methyl-n'-nitro-n-nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis. one novel class was found to be blocked in both anthranilate and p-aminobenzoate synthesis; these mutants (trpg) require p-aminobenzoate or folate as well as tryptophan (or anthranilate) for growth. the loci of six other auxotrophic classes requiring only tryptophan were defined by growth, accumulation, ...	1972	5086660
growth of acinetobacter calcoaceticus on ethanol.	a soil microorganism, identified as acinetobacter calcoaceticus, was cultivated on ethanol as a sole source of carbon. this organism grew with a maximum specific growth rate of 0.7/h. the ph optimum for growth was between 6.5 and 7.5, and the temperature optimum was between 32 and 35 c. ethanol metabolism by this organism was inducible by ethanol, and the presence of acetate led to the repression of ethanol dehydrogenase. at higher cell densities the cessation of growth on ethanol was accompanie ...	1973	4715559
role of carbohydrates in the metabolism of acinetobacter calcoaceticus.		1973	4748364
purification and properties of l-asparaginase a from acinetobacter calcoaceticus.		1973	4770738
the nature of phospholipase c from acinetobacter calcoaceticus: effects on whole red cells and red cell membranes.		1973	4271908
anthranilate synthetase of acinetobacter calcoaceticus. separation and partial characterization of subunits.		1973	4349869
pyrimidine metabolism in acinetobacter calcoaceticus.	the metabolism of thymine, thymidine, uracil, and uridine has been investigated in five different strains of acinetobacter calcoaceticus. attempts to isolate thymine and thymidine auxotrophic mutants were not successful. consistent with this finding was the observation that uptake of radioactive thymine or thymidine could not be demonstrated. search for enzymes capable of transforming thymine via thymidine to thymidine-5'-monophosphate in crude extracts was performed, and the following enzymes w ...	1973	4355484
[regulation of citrate synthase activity in acinetobacter calcoaceticus].		1974	4371720
the effect of imidoesters on the protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase activity of acinetobacter calcoaceticus.		1974	4419544
dna polymerase i from acinetobacter calcoaceticus: enzymatic properties.		1974	4452356
multiple dna polymerases in acinetobacter calcoaceticus.		1974	4604798
effect of growth rate and nutrient limitation on the composition and biomass yield of acinetobacter calcoaceticus.	acinetobacter calcoaceticus was grown on ethanol in a chemostat as a model system for single-cell protein production. the substrate yield coefficient (y(s), grams of biomass/gram of ethanol), protein yield coefficient (y(p), grams of protein/gram of ethanol), and biomass composition were measured as a function of the specific growth rate. nucleic acid, protein, y(p), and y(s) all increased at higher growth rates. although protein content increased only 14% (from 53 to 67%), y(p) almost doubled o ...	1974	4844268
relationships among enzymes of the beta-ketoadipate pathway. iv. muconolactone isomerase from acinetobacter calcoaceticus and pseudomonas putida.		1974	4215816
mechanical ventilators as vehicles of infection.	twenty-five patients from the intensive care unit who had been subjected to tracheostomy and require mechanical respiration were studied. data are presented concerning the bacteriological controls performed on the tracheal exudates, various parts of the ventilators (engström model 200 and bennett pr-2), and the wright spirometer. the germs found were mainly pseudomonas, enterobacteriaceae germs and bacteria from the acinetobacter group. there was a high incidence of infection in the tracheostomi ...	1975	811072
inhibition of the malic enzyme from acinetobacter calcoaceticus by nadph and nadh.	the malic enzyme enriched from acinetobacter calcoaceticus is inhibited by nadph and nadh. the inhibition afforded by the reduced coenzymes is not affected by nad+, amp and 3'.5'-amp. against l-malate, nadph inhibits the enzyme in a noncompetitive linear fashion (ki = 1.5 x 10(-4) m), against nadp+, competitively linearly (ki = 5.0 x 10(-5) m). while nadph acted as a product inhibitor, nadh seems to be an allosteric effector of the malic enzyme, because with l-malate as the variable substrate in ...	1975	9762
fine structure and distribution of extracellular polymer surrounding selected aerobic bacteria.	the structure and distribution of extracellular polymer surrounding bacillus circulans, diplococcus (streptococcus) pneumoniae, streptococcus salivarius, staphylococcus aureus, klebsiella pneumoniae, pseudomonas aeruginosa, herella vaginacola (acinetobacter calcoaceticus), and agrobacterium tumefaciens were studied by electron microscopy. a modified ruthenium red staining procedure was used to examine the fine structure of capsule and slime. freeze-etching and critical-point drying were used to ...	1975	46774
properties of the nadp+-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenases of acinetobacter calcoaceticus.		1975	849
pyridine nucleotide-independent oxidation of long chain aliphatic alcohols by an enzyme of acinetobacter calcoaceticus.		1975	850
the behaviour of nad+ and nadh in acinetobacter calcoaceticus during n-alkane assimilation.	the behaviour of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotides nad+ and nadh in acinetobacter calcoaceticus during n-alkane assimilation was studied, acetate and succinate being used as reference carbon sources. the intracellular concentration of the two nucleotides was found to increase during the exponential growth phase, reaching its maximum in the phase of decreasing growth rates. in the exponential phase, the nad+/nadh quotients were less than 1 and showed only unimportant variations. in the phase ...	1975	170172
the influence of changes in the environment on twitching motility.	by examining medium composition and cultural conditions quantitatively it was possible to define conditions suitable to bring twitching motility about. such conditions include the use of freshly poured, relatively thick and only slightly dried plates of a dilute medium in which the agar concentration is not too high. incubation should take place in a humid atmosphere. in fact, everything points to the humidity as a factor of the utmost importance. using strains of acinetobacter calcoaceticus, it ...	1975	239520
the induction of mutants of acinetobacter calcoaceticus ncib8250 and their selection by vancomycin.	the mutagenic and lethal effects of n-methyl-n'-nitro-n-nitrosoguanidine (ntg), ethyl methanesulphonate (ems), ultraviolet light irradiation and near-ultraviolet light irradiation with 8-methoxypsoralen on the bacterium acinetobacter calcoaceticus ncib8250 were examined. the production of auxotrophic mutants was used as a measure of mutagenic efficiency. under appropriate conditions all four agents were mutagenic. ems and ntg although more effective than irradiation, did not cause such a high fr ...	1975	812942
common enterobacterial antigen in yersinia enterocolitica.	production of the common enterobacterial antigen (ca) by strains of yersinia enterocolitica (y.e.) serotypes 3 and 9 (winblad), by strains of 5 different y.e. serogroups (wauters) and various other bacteria was examined. antibody against ca was raised by immunization of rabbits with e. coli o 14. extract prepared from s. typhimurium was used for the sensitization of sheep erythrocytes with ca. absorption and haemagglutination inhibition experiments showed that ca could be detected in heat extrac ...	1975	1098394
activity of minocycline against acinetobacter calcoaceticus var. anitratus (syn. herellea vaginicola) and serratia marcescens.	the activity of minocycline and tetracycline against 23 isolates of acinetobacter calcoaceticus var. anitratus (syn. herellea vaginicola) and 178 strains of serratia marcescens was determined by disk and microdilution methods. the results indicate that minocycline is highly active against this species of acinetobacter, all but one strain being inhibited by 0.007 mug of the antibiotic per ml. tetracycline was also active, though to a lesser degree, against a. calcoaceticus. of the 178 strains of ...	1975	1099982
correlation between twitching motility and possession of polar fimbriae in acinetobacter calcoaceticus.	negatively stained preparations of 16 strains of acinetobacter calcoaceticus were examined in the electron microscope. five of the strains did and 11 of the strains did not exhibit twitching motility. two of the non-twitching strains were substrains of twitching wild-type strains. all twitching strains were found to possess fimbriae with a diameter of approximately 50 a. these fimbriae were shown to be of polar origin except in one strain where, for technical reasons, the origin could not be det ...	1975	1155109
the occurrence of twitching motility among gram-negative bacteria.	almost 1000 strains representing well above 50 different species or groups of gram-negative bacteria were examined for twitching motility. this kind of motility was mainly found in strictly aerobic cocci and rods (viz. acinetobacter calcoaceticus, moraxella spp., neisseria gonorrhoeae, n. meningitidis, pseudomonas spp., phenon 3 of thornley that is closely related to acinetobacter, and marine, yellow-pigmented rods), but also in the facultative eikenella corrodens and in anaerobic strains presum ...	1975	1155115
beta-ketoadipate enol-lactone hydrolases i and ii from acinetobacter calcoaceticus.	beta-ketoadipate enol-lactone hydrolase catalyzes a common step in the utilization of protocatechuate and cis,cis-muconate by bacteria. either of the two compounds elicits the synthesize of an enol-lactone hydrolase in acinetobacter. the enol-lactone hydrolase that is induced by each compound was purified, and the properties of the proteins were compared. both enzymes appear to be dimers with molecular weights of approximately 25,000. the amino acid compositions of the enzymes differ, and the tw ...	1975	1158871
metabolism of monofluorobenzoates by acinetobacter calcoaceticus n.c.i.b. 8250. formation of monofluorocatechols.	none of the monofluorobenzoates serves as sole source of carbon and energy for growth of acinetobacter calcoaceticus but all can contribute to growth on other substrates. the monofluorobenzoates are oxidised by bacteria pre-induced for benzoate oxidation and can themselves induce the appropriate enzymes. the initial products of oxidation have been separated and identified by gas-liquid chromatography. 2-flurobenzoate is oxidised to catechol, fluoride and 3-fluorocatechol; 3-fluorobenzoate gives ...	1975	1182155
[inhibiton of isocitrate dehydrogenase and isocitrate lyase from acinetobacter calcoaceticus by acids of the citrate and glyoxylate cycle].	acinetobacter calcoaceticus contains two forms of nadp+-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenases differing, among others, by their molecular weights and regulatory properties. the regulation of the high-molecular form of isocitrate dehydrogenase and of isocitrate lyase by organic acids, either belonging or related to the citrate and glyoxalate cycle, is investigated. while alpha-ketoglutarate and oxalacetate competitively inhibit the isocitrate dehydrogenase against ds-isocitrate, glyoxylate and pyru ...	1975	1199592
regulation of growth of acinetobacter calcoaceticus ncib8250 on l-mandelate in batch culture.	batch culture of acinetobacter calcoaceticus in l-mandelate- or phenylglyoxylate-salts medium showed an unusual non-exponential pattern unless the inoculum had been grown on benzyl alcohol. there were transient accumulations of benzaldehyde and benzyl alcohol caused by the limitation of l-mandelate oxidation by low activities of benzaldehyde dehydrogenase and the diversion of reducing power to the formation of benzyl alcohol. in vivo enzymic activities were estimated from patterns of substrate u ...	1975	1206374
[effect on growing conditions on protein content and amino acid composition of acinetobacter calcoaticus].	the protein content and amino acid composition of acinetobacter calcoaceticus were studied as dependent on the stages of development and different hydrocarbon sources. the protein content was always the greatest at the logarithmic stage and decreased approaching the stationary stage. when cultivating on different hyrocarbon sources only an insignificant differedce in the content of protein was observed. a relative amino acid composition of ac. calcoaceticus remained practically constant during t ...	1975	1209770
protocatechuate 3, 4-dioxygenase from acinetobacter calcoaceticus.	protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase (pcd) from p-hydroxybenzoate-induced cells of acinetobacter calcoaceticus was purified by heat and protamine sulfate treatment, ammonium sulfate fractionation, deae-cellulose, and sephadex g-200 column chromatography. the enzyme appears to be homogeneous by ultracentrifugation and acrylamide gel electrophoresis. this is the first report of pcd purified from acinetobacter. for comparison, crystalline pseudomonas pcd was also obtained. the enzymes from acinetobacter ...	1976	1252412
susceptibility of nonfermentative gram-negative bacilli to tobramycin.	there has been increasing interest in the pathogenic role of nonfermentative gram-negative bacilli in human infections. except for pseudomonas aeruginosa, the susceptibility pattern of these organisms to tobramycin has not been evaluated thoroughly. the activity of tobramycin, as compared with that of gentamicin, was tested by the serial broth dilution technique against 178 isolates of nonfermentative gram-negative bacilli obtained from various sources. p. aeruginosa, pseudomonas stutzeri, acine ...	1976	823278
[infective situation in a cow barn contaminated with klebsiella mastitis].	the infection situation in a four-row cow-house for 153 animals with a frequent occurrence of klebsiella mastitis was subject to a detailed analysis. the following results were obtained after two collections of blood and udder-quarter milk samples examined by the test-tube agglutination, gel precipitation, and bacteriological diagnosis methods: 1. streptococcus agalactiae was isolated from milk samples 28 and 31 times, pseudomonas aeruginosa 15 and 19 times, staphylococcus arueus 16 and 19 times ...	1976	828991
regulation of enzyme synthesis in the tryptophan pathway of acinetobacter calcoaceticus.	in acinetobacter calcoaceticus the seven genes coding for the enzymes responsible for tryptophan synthesis map at three chromosomal locations. two three-gene clusters, one (trpgdc) specifying the small subunit of anthranilate synthase, phosphoribosyl transferase, and indoleglycerol phosphate synthase and the other (trpfba) specifying phosphoribosyl anthranilate isomerase and both tryptophan synthase subunits, are not linked to each other or to the trpe gene specifying the large anthranilate synt ...	1976	931950
the fate of bacteria in frozen red cells.	units of blood were intentionally contaiminated with suspensions of either aerobacter aerogenes, escherichia coli, bacillus subtilis, enterobacter cloacae, pseudomonas aeruginosa, sarcina lutea, seratia marcesens, staphylococcus epidermidis, streptococcus faecalis, paracolabacterum aerogenoides (enterobacter hafriae), mima polymorpha or acinetobacter- calcoaceticus. when inoculation was made prior to glycerolization, the subsequent glycerolization, freezing, thawing, and deglycerolization result ...	1976	936269
purification and properties of l-asparaginase b from acinetobacter calcoaceticus.	l-asparaginase (l-asparagine amidohydrolase, ec 3.5.1.1) b from acinetobacter calcoaceticus has been purified by precipitation with streptomycin, chromatography on deae-cellulose and cm-cellulose, gel filtration on agarose and chromatography on phosphocellulose. the molecular weight of the enzyme was found to be 130 000. the enzyme was rather insensitive to ph changes between 7 and 9. the michaelis constant was 3-10(-3) m. hg2+, cu2+, and ni2+ as well as high ionic strength inhibited the activit ...	1976	938683
[isolation and characterization of rubredoxin from acinetobacter calcoaceticus].	acinetobacter calcoaceticus growing on long-chain n-alkanes contains a soluble iron-sulfur protein, which corresponds in its properties to a rubredoxin. it was prepared from the 50000 x g supernatant of ultrasonically treated cells using ion exchange chromatography on deae cellulose and gel filtration on sephadex g-75. the isolated protein is pure electrophoretically, but yields two bands corresponding to molecular weights of 6000 and 12000 respectively. a content of 11 acidic against 6 basic am ...	1976	970050
emergence of gentamicin-resistant bacteria: experience with tobramycin therapy of infections due to gentamicin-resistant organisms.	a computerized system for testing and surveillance of bacterial susceptibility to antibiotics was used in monitoring the emergence of gentamicin-resistant strains of aerobic and facultative gram-negative bacilli at massachusetts general hospital since the release of gentamicin for clinical use in 1971. during the period studied, there was a significant increase in the prevalence of gentamicin-resistant bacteria, particularly among pseudomonas, acinetobacter (herellea), and proteus and, more rece ...	1976	972284
regulation of growth of acinetobacter calcoaceticus ncib8250 on benzyl alcohol in batch culture.	formation of benzoate and catechol during oxidation of benzyl alcohol by washed suspensions of acinetobacter calcoaceticus ncib8250 confirmed earlier results indicating that this organism metabolizes benzyl alcohol via benzaldehyde, benzoate, and the 3-oxoadipate pathway. there was no evidence for feedback inhibition of benzyl alcohol dehydrogenase or benzaldehyde dehydrogenase ii. examination of growth curves and patterns of substrate utilization, as well as measurement of enzyme activities, sh ...	1976	993779
mandelate dehydrogenase with altered stereospecificity in mutant strains of acinetobacter calcoaceticus n.c.i.b. 8250.		1976	1001725
constitutivity of the mandelate enzymes in acinetobacter calcoaceticus, n.c.i.b. 8250, and its effect on the synthesis of benzyl alcohol dehydrogenase.		1976	1022571
rp4 fertility variants in acinetobacter calcoaceticus.		1976	1026570
rp4-mediated conjugation in acinetobacter calcoaceticus.	the p class r factor rp4 was transferred from escherichia coli k12 to acinetobacter calcoaceticus. rp4 conferred similar levels of antibiotic resistance in a. calcoaceticus to those in the e. coli k12 donor. only slight instability of rp4 in a. calcoaceticus was detected. transfer of rp4 between strains of a. calcoaceticus was by conjugation and was accompanied by transfer of chromosomal genes. possible polarity of marker transfer was observed and linkage between a number of chromosomal markers ...	1976	778327
conversion of escherichia coli rna polymerase to a template independent enzyme.	preparations of rna polymerase (e.c.2.7.7.6) from uninfected escherichia coli, t4 infected escherichia coli, and acinetobacter calcoaceticus when centrifuged in sucrose gradients in the absence of magnesium ions gave rise to five peaks, all of which were able to form polymers from ribonucleoside 5'-triphosphates in the absence of template or primer. all of the peaks obtained from the escherichia coli enzyme appeared to contain the subunit alpha and beta and, in addition, polypeptides which appe ...	1976	787928
susceptibility of acinetobacter calcoaceticus var. anitratus (herellea vaginicola) to minocycline.	the in vitro activity of minocycline against acinetobacter calcoaceticus var. anitratus (herellea vaginicola) was examined. all strains of a. anitratus were inhibited by minocycline at concentrations of 0.4 mug/ml or less. the strains studied were considerably more susceptible to minocycline than tetracycline. no difference between the susceptibility to minocycline and tetracycline was seen with escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumoniae, enterobacter and proteus sp. a regression line of the log mi ...	1976	791084
in vitro and in vivo activities of minocycline and other antibiotics against acinetobacter (herellea-mima).	minocycline was the most active of six antibiotics tested against 65 clinical isolates of acinetobacter calcoaceticus (syn.: herellea, mima) received from six medical centers. in the bauer-kirby disk susceptibility test, all isolates were rated susceptible to minocycline, gentamicin, and polymyxin; 25% were resistant to tetracycline. in agar dilution tests, minocycline was two to four times more potent than gentamicin or polymyxin and eight times more potent than tetracycline. ampicillin and cep ...	1976	176936
preparations and properties of ribonucleic acid polymerase from acinetobacter calcoaceticus.	deoxyribonucleic acid (dna)-dependent ribonucleic acid (rna) polymerase (ec 2.7.7.6) from acinetobacter calcoaceticus was purified to apparent homogeneity and its properties were compared with those of the escherichia coli b enzyme. the molecular weights of the two native active enzymes as well as their alpha and beta subunits appeared to be similar. no subunit corresponding to that of sigma from e. coli was found, and furthermore no separation between the beta subunits could be detected by gel ...	1976	1380
catechol 1,2-dioxygenase from acinetobacter calcoaceticus: purification and properties.	procedures for the purification of catechol 1,2-dioxygenase from extracts of acinetobacter calcoaceticus strain adp-96 are described. the purified enzyme was homogeneous as judged by ultracentrifugation and acrylamide gel electrophoresis. the enzyme contained 2 g-atoms of iron per mol of protein. the enzyme had a broad substrate specificity and catalyzed the oxidation of catechol, 4-methylcatechol, 3-methylcatechol, and 3-isopropyl catechol. the activity of the enzyme was inhibited by heavy meta ...	1976	58860
purification and various properties of nadp+-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase from acinetobacter calcoaceticus.	the constitutive nadp+-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase from acinetobacter calcoaceticus can be accumulated about 50 fold in 3 purification steps. the end-product shows in the analytical polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis only one active enzyme band. the molecular weight of the enzyme was determined to be 235,000 by gel chromatography on sephadex g 200, the smallest subunit shows a molecular weight of 61 000 on sds electrophoresis. the isoelectric point is at 5.84. the km values determined with p ...	1976	14464
in vitro susceptibility of acinetobacter calcoaceticus (herellea vagincola) to tetracycline and minocycline.		1976	812659
community-acquired acinetobacter calcoaceticus var anitratus pneumonia.	two patients had community-acquired acinetobacter calcoaceticus var anitratus pneumonia. both patients were alcoholic and one was cirrhotic. one patient died and the other received two weeks of gentamicin therapy and survived. misinterpretation of the sputum gram stain delayed diagnosis and institution of proper therapy in both cases. in addition to organisms sensitive to penicillins such as neisseria or haemophilus, acinetobacter must be considered in the differential diagnosis of community-acq ...	1977	70540
[infection by glucose-nonfermenting, gram-negative rods--infection by acinetobacter calcoaceticus].		1977	101606
solubilization studies and properties of particulate nad-independent malate dehydrogenase of acinetobacter calcoaceticus (n.c.i.b. 8250).		1977	196960
regulation of synthesis of benzyl alcohol dehydrogenase in acinetobacter calcoaceticus ncib8250.	specific activity of benzyl alcohol dehydrogenase in carbon-limited continuous cultures was at a maximum at a specific growth rate of 0.2 h-1, but fell off at lower and higher growth rates. the specific activity in nitrogen-limited cultures was always lower and was inversely proportional to growth rate. there was severe repression of benzyl alcohol dehydrogenase during metabolism of l(+)-mandelate or phenylglyoxylate in batch cultures. synthesis of benzyl alcohol dehydrogenase was followed in ex ...	1977	201725
prosthetic valve endocarditis by opportunistic pathogens.	the incidence of endocarditis produced by the so-called "opportunists" as a complication of prosthetic valve surgery is progressively increasing in frequency and gradually transforming the clinical picture habitually associated with this disease. we report six cases of endocarditis produced by opportunistic microorganisms (two cases by candida, and the remaining by serratia, actinobacillus, acinetobacter calcoaceticus, and bacteroides fragilis, and by corynebacterium diphtheriae) in four male an ...	1977	319774
host factor for coliphage q beta rna replication: presence in procaryotes and association with the 30s ribosomal subunit in escherichia coli.	the host factor required for in vitro coliphage q beta rna replication, a heat-stable rna binding protein present in uninfected escherichia coli, has been detected by both immunological and functional tests in acinetobacter calcoaceticus, klebsiella pneumoniae, pseudomonas aeruginosa and pseudomonas putida. it was not detectable by these criteria in bacillus stearothermophilus, bacillus subtilis, caulobacter crescentus, micrococcus lysodeikticus, rhodopseudomonas capsulata or saccharomyces cerev ...	1977	329101
[isolation and identification of acinetobacter calcoaceticus from clinical materials and it's clinial value in respiratory infectious diseases (author's transl)].		1977	559145
ecological effects of a deodorant and a plain soap upon human skin bacteria.	the effects of a commercial trichlorocarbanilide-containing deodorant soap and a commercial plain soap upon the cutaneous flora of individuals were compared. using a cross-over design, 21 volunteers (10 women and 11 men) washed their forearms at least once a day with one soap for 3 weeks and then switched soaps for another 4 weeks use. by analysis of variance no significant difference in total colony counts was noted among individuals in their use of the two soaps. with the exception of individu ...	1977	264493
room humidifiers as the source of acinetobacter infections.	twenty-four patients contracted systemic infections with acinetobacter calcoaceticus during a four-month period. unheated room humidifiers at the patients' bedsides were implicated as the source of infection in six. the outbreak was terminated with the removal of the humidifers.	1977	576319
critique: "some aspects of an epidemiological study of nosocomial infections due to acinetobacter calcoaceticus (herellea) featuring bacteriocin typing".		1977	585596
some aspects of an epidemiological study of nosocomial infections due to acinetobacter calcoaceticus (herellea) featuring bacteriocin typing.		1977	585613
[characteristics of growth and changes in the ultrafine structure of bacteria in the course of continuous cultivation on media containing ethanol].	a large number of bacterial strains assimilating chemical ethanol has been isolated using an original technique. active growth of strains belonging to the genera pseudomonas and, particularly, acinetobacter was registered on mineral media containing ethanol. a mathematical model was constructed select a strain of acinetobacter calcoaceticus k-9 during its continuous cultivation on media containing ethanol. the model makes it possible to determine conditions for producing a present amount of the ...	1977	600096
[uptake of acetate by acinetobacter calcoaceticus].	the uptake of acetate by intact nongrowing cells of acinetobacter calcoaceticus was studied in dependence on the c-source (acetate, n-alcanes, yeast extract, succinate, l-malate) and the growth phase. single kinetic parameters of acetate uptake were determined. the best acetate uptake was observed with cells cultivated with acetate as the only c-source. bacteria in the early growth phase were found to transfer acetate twice as fast as cells of the late logarithmic growth phase. the uptake of ace ...	1977	614747
the microbiology of evacuated blood collection tubes.	a collaborative study involving 20 clinical laboratories representing diverse geographical regions was organized to examine the microbiology of evacuated blooc collection tubes. overall, 14% of the 1433 tubes examined contained microorganisms representing a variety of bacteria and fungi. of note was the finding that nearly 9% of tubes with yellow closures, which are stated to be sterile by the manufacturers, contained bacteria, including pseudomonas aeruginosa, enterococci, serratia marcescens, ...	1977	835941
infections with acinetobacter calcoaceticus (herellea vaginicola): clinical and laboratory studies.	in a retrospective review of 53 patients, 58 episodes of infection due to acinetobacter calcoaceticus var. anitratus (herellea vaginicola) were studied. although the organism is widely distributed in nature, it is of relatively low virulence since colonization is more frequently noted than infection and since most infections occur in patients subjected to the epidemiologic pressures common to nosocomial, gram-negative bacillary infection: prior antibiotic therapy; instrumentation and manipulatio ...	1977	846390
assimilatory nitrate reductase from acinetobacter calcoaceticus.	a soluble nitrate reductase from the bacterium acinetobacter calcoaceticus grown on nitrate has been characterized. the reduction of nitrate to nitrite is mediated by an enzyme of 96000 molecular weight that can use as electron donors either viologen dyes chemically reduced with dithionite or enzymatically reduced with nad(p)h, through specific diaphorases which utilize viologens as electron acceptors. nitrate reductase activity is molybdenumdependent as shown by tungstate antagonistic experimen ...	1977	849099
[utilization of trimethylammonium-compounds by acinetobacter calcoaceticus (author's transl)].	the utilization of carnitine and carnitine derivatives (o-acylcarnitines, carnitine carboxylderivatives) and structure-related trimethylammonium-compounds (betaines and nitrogen-bases) by acinetobacter calcoaceticus was studied by means of the control of growth and the quantitative detection of metabolites. the strain grew only on l-carnitine, l-o-acylcarnitines, and gamma-butyrobetaine as the sole carbon sources. the utilization of these compounds and the growth correlated with the cleavage of ...	1977	849100
[oxidation of n-tetradecan-1-14c by cell-free extracts from acinetobacter calcoaceticus].		1977	878503
in vitro synergism between carbenicillin and aminoglycosidic aminocyclitols against acinetobacter calcoaceticus var. anitratus.	acinetobacter caleoaceticus var. anitratus is a nonfermentative, gram-negative bacillus that has been demonstrated to cause severe infections, usually in hospitalized patients. since mild to moderate resistance of a. calcoaceticus to one or more aminoglycosidic aminocyclitols has been noted to occur, a study was undertaken to evaluate the activity of combinations of carbenicillin with either kanamycin, tobramycin, or gentamicin against 28 isolates of a. calcoaceticus obtained from clinical sourc ...	1977	879749
sudden death due to waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome and purulent leptomeningitis caused by acinetobacter calcoaceticus (mima polymorpha).	a case of waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome presenting with purulent leptomeningitis causing sudden death is described. the causative agent, acinetobacter calcoaceticus (mina polymorpha), was determined by post-mortem microbiological examination.	1977	883428
[induction of nadp+-dependent aldehyde dehydrogenase in acinetobacter calcoaceticus by hydrocarbons].		1977	888459
pseudobacteremia: false-positive blood cultures from mist tent contamination.	in the seven-month period from july 1975 through january 1976, 11 pediatric patients had acinetobacter calcoaceticus var. anitratus cultured from blood; this organism had not been isolated from pediatric patients in the previous six months. in 10 of 11 patients, only the first of two cultures was positive. all patients recovered uneventfully, although only two were treated with appropriate antibiotics. nine of 11 had been in mist tents at the time of the culture. mist cultured from one tent cont ...	1977	888818
[isolation and characterization of cell surface layers of acinetobacter calcoaceticus].		1977	930118
[polarographic determination of oxygen uptake of acinetobacter calcoaceticus during incubation with n-alkanes and their derivatives].		1977	930122
genetic analysis of acinetobacter calcoaceticus proline auxotrophs.	twenty-six acinetobacter calcoaceticus proline auxotrophs were isolated after ethyl methane sulfonate mutagenesis. studies using the efficient transformation system of this organism indicate that the mutations comprise therr genetically distinct groups.	1978	618847
equine myositis and septicemia caused by acinetobacter calcoaceticus infection.	myositis and septicemia caused by acinetobacter calcoaceticus were diagnosed in a mare. the infection was characterized clinically by ventral swelling and edema, diarrhea, listlessness, and rectal temperature of 39.4 c. the mare was treated symptomatically for 2 days but died on the 3rd day. conditions seen at necropsy were myositis, enteritis, typhlitis, colitis, and hepatitis. lymph nodes were moderately enlarged throughout the body. gross lesions in musculature were edema, scarring, petechiae ...	1978	621183
utilization of oxalacetate by acinetobacter calcoaceticus: evidence for coupling between malic enzyme and malic dehydrogenase.	growth of acinetobacter calcoaceticus strain bd413 in malate-mineral medium resulted in the excretion of large quantities of oxalacetate. malate was virtually depleted by the time the cell density reached 60% of its final value; most of the remaining growth took place at the expense of oxalacetate. experiments in which oxalacetate was used as the initial substrate showed that pyruvate was not utilized until most of the oxalacetate disappeared. the generation time for growth on malate or oxalacet ...	1978	627536
chromosome mapping in acinetobacter calcoaceticus.	rp4-mediated conjugation was used to map the loci of 23 different mutations on a circular linkage group in acinetobacter calcoaceticus ebf65/65. the resulting genetic map indicated that the chromosomal organization of a. calcoaceticus differed from that of members of the enteric group of bacteria and was similar to pseudomonas in showing an absence of clustering of functionally related genes.	1978	632801
acinetobacter calcoaceticus outbreak associated with peritoneal dialysis.	investigation of an outbreak of contamination of dialysis drainage fluid with acinetobacter calcoaceticus var. anitratus identified a previously unrecognized source for dialysis associated infections. over a 4-month period, 25 peritoneal dialysis treatments were administered to 13 hospital patients. of the 25 treatments for which culture results were available, 14 were associated with dialysis drainage fluid cultures positive for a. calcoaceticus. a water bath used to warm bottles of peritoneal ...	1978	645702
mutants of acinetobacter calcoaceticus ncib 8250 constitutive for the mandelate enzymes.	methods for isolating mutants of acinetobacter calcoaceticus ncib 8250 constitutive for the mandelate enzymes were compared. non-inducing substrates were not available. continuous culture gave no stable constitutive mutants. alternate culture in inducing (l-mandelate) and non-inducing (l-glutamate) media led to the isolation of mutants mesoconstitutive for l-mandelate dehydrogenase and phenylgloxylate carboxy-lyase, and hyperinducible for benzaldehyde dehydrogenase i. screening of possible anti- ...	1978	670930
chronic haematuria caused by acinetobacter calcoaceticus in a race horse.		1978	676010
search for acinetobacter calcoaceticus subsp. anitratus: enrichment of fecal samples.	none of 50 healthy individuals and only 2 of 50 hospitalized patients (with acinetobacter anitratus elsewhere) yielded a. anitratus on enrichment from fecal samples.	1978	701469
[cytochrome composition of acinetobacter calcoaceticus].	the qualitative and quantitative composition of cytochromes in intact cells of acinetobacter calcoaceticus and in particle fractions obtained from cells following ultrasonic treatment by differential centrifugation were studied using spectrophotometric methods. acinetobacter calcoaceticus contains cytochrome b, cytochrome o and low amounts of cytochrome d. both the absolute content of cytochrome b and o and the relative composition do not essentially vary with the carbon source used (hexadecane, ...	1978	706933
[bacteriemia due to acinetobacter calcoaceticus var. anitratus (author's transl)].	a serious bacteremia caused by acinetobacter calcoaceticus var. anitratus could be observed. from the clinical point of view the most important symptoms were shivering, high tempeature up to 41 degrees c and clinical signs of acute hepatitis. there were pathological changes in the eeg. certain signs of an outlayer damage of the heart could be seem in the ecg. the pathogenic microorganism isolated from the blood culture media was classified. specific antibodies--agglutinines and precipitines--wer ...	1978	723766
outbreak of a multiply resistant acinetobacter in a surgical intensive care unit: epidemiology and control.	during january, 1976 seven patients in an sicu became colonized or infected with acinetobacter calcoaceticus (variation, anitratum) at an attack rate of 12.5 per cent. the organism showed a marked reduction in antimicrobial sensitivity from previous experience. comparison with 34 uninfected control patients indicated that intubation and continuous ventilatory assistance were significantly associated with acquiring the organism (p = 0.0154). acinetobacter was cultured from nurses' hands, ambu ada ...	1978	248372