The natural environment as a reservoir of pathogenic and non-pathogenic Acinetobacter species

Rev Environ Health. 2018 Sep 25;33(3):265-272. doi: 10.1515/reveh-2017-0034.

Authors

Mary A Adewoyin^{1

2}, Anthony I Okoh^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ SAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice 5700, South Africa.
² Applied and Environmental Microbiology Research group (AEMREG), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Fort Hare, Alice 5700, South Africa.

PMID: 29982240
DOI: 10.1515/reveh-2017-0034

No abstract available

Keywords: Acinetobacter species; domestic appliances; food; healthy human skin; natural environment; soil; water.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Acinetobacter / isolation & purification*
Acinetobacter / pathogenicity
Acinetobacter Infections / epidemiology*
Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology
Disease Reservoirs / microbiology*
Environment
Humans
Prevalence
Soil Microbiology*
Water Microbiology*