Acinetobacter calcoaceticus
Definition: a species of bacteria originally found in a quinate enrichment; strains of this organism previously identified as Bacterium anitratum were found in the genitourinary tract; it is the type species of the genus Acinetobacter.
Synonym(s): Lingelsheimia anitrata
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