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Nosocomial isolates of Acinetobacter, particularly A. baumannii, are often highly resistant to a variety of antibiotics (Bergogne-Bérézin et al., 1987). Although much is known about the biochemical mechanisms of antibiotic resistance found in Acinetobacter (Bergogne-Bérézin and Joly-Guillou, this volume), little is known about the structure and regulation of the expression of these genes in Acinetobacter at the molecular level.
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Elisha, B.G., Steyn, L.M. (1991). The use of Molecular Techniques for the Location and Characterisation of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Clinical Isolates of Acinetobacter . In: Towner, K.J., Bergogne-Bérézin, E., Fewson, C.A. (eds) The Biology of Acinetobacter . Federation of European Microbiological Societies Symposium Series, vol 57. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3553-3_10
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