Comparison of clinical isolates sequences.. Acinetobacter pittii

Strains isolated in the hospital environment spread rapidly within the patient and cause nosocomial infections. Also, resistance to some antibiotics is often easy to appear. Acinetobacter baumannii has been widely studied due to its high mortality rate. On the other hand, although A. pittii is isolated from blood, it has not been well studied compared to A. baumannii. In addition, the emergence of carbapenem-resistant A. pittii strains with carbapenem-hydrolyzed b-lactamases such as NDM-1 has received a great deal of attention. Here, we announce the complete genome sequence of A. pittii OCU Ac17. Our goal is attempting to perform whole genome sequencing of Acinetobacter pittii OCU Ac17, and compare the sequences to those of related species.