Phylogeographical Analyses and Antibiotic Resistance Genes of <i>Acinetobacter johnsonii</i> Highlight Its Clinical Relevance
Santiago Castillo‐Ramírez, Valeria Mateo-Estrada, Gerardo González‐Rocha, Andrés Opazo-Capurro
Abstract
Acinetobacter johnsonii has been severely understudied and its population structure and the presence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are very much uncertain. Our phylogeographical analysis shows that intercontinental transmission has occurred frequently and that different lineages are circulating within single countries; notably, clinical and nonclinical strains are not well differentiated from one another. Importantly, in this species recombination is a significant source of single nucleotide polymorphisms.
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BiologyAntibiotic resistanceGeneMicrobiologyAntibioticsAcinetobacterGeneticsResistance (ecology)Relevance (law)Evolutionary biologyComputational biologyEcologyPolitical scienceLawAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaPlant Pathogenic Bacteria StudiesVibrio bacteria research studies