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The 1st International Workshop on Acinetobacter was held on 6th September, 1986, in Manchester, England, in association with the 14th International Congress of Microbiology. That occasion was so well attended and productive that there were soon discussions about how, when and where the next meeting should be held. This time, however, there was sufficient confidence to think of a more substantial meeting and to plan for the proceedings to be published. It emerged that there was wide agreement that the time was ripe to take stock of the entire biology of Acinetobacter: its occurrence and taxonomy; its molecular biology, biochemistry and physiology; its clinical importance and its industrial and commercial applications. The 2nd International Workshop on Acinetobacter took place from 6th to 7th September, 1990, at the Institut Pasteur, Paris, and was sponsored by the Federation of European Microbiological Societies. There were about 100 participants from 19 countries. The backbone of the meeting consisted of 23 plenary lectures. There were 28 posters and the meeting closed with a general discussion which went on long after the official finishing time despite all the counter-attractions of a sunny Parisian Friday afternoon. Indeed discussions continued while cruising along the Seine and while dining at the top of the Tour Montparnasse. However, the vitality and usefulness of even the most successful meeting is difficult to transmit by the printed word.
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The Biology of A cineto bacter Taxonomy, Clinical Importance, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Industrial Relevance FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN MICROBIOLOGICAL SOCIETIES SYMPOSIUM SERIES Recent FEMS Symposium volumes published by Plenum Press 1990 • MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MEMBRANE-BOUND COMPLEXES IN PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA Edited by Gerhart Drews and Edwin A. Dawes (FEMS Symposium No. 53) 1990 • MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF STRICT ANAEROBES INVOLVED IN INTERSPECIES HYDROGEN TRANSFER Edited by Jean-Pierre Belaich, Mireille Bruschi, and Jean-Louis Garcia (FEMS Symposium No. 54) 1990 • DENITRIFICATION IN SOIL AND SEDIMENT Edited by Niels Peter Revsbech andJan ScDrensen (FEMS Symposium No. 56) 1991 • CANDIDA AND CANDIDAMYCOSIS Edited by Emel Tiimbay, Heinz P. R. Seeliger, and Ozdem Ang (FEMS Symposium No. 50) 1991 • MICROBIAL SURFACE COMPONENTS AND TOXINS IN RELATION TO PATHOGENESIS Edited by Eliora Z. Ron and Shlomo Rottem (FEMS Symposium No. 51) 1991 • GENETICS AND PRODUCT FORMATION IN STREPTOMYCES Edited by Simon Baumberg, Hans Kriigel, and Dieter Noack (FEMS Symposium No. 55) 1991 • THE BIOLOGY OFACINETOBACTER: Taxonomy, Clinical Importance, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Industrial Relevance Edited by K.J. Towner, E. Bergogne-Berezin, and C. A. Fewson (FEMS Symposium No. 57) A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actuaI'shipment. For further information please contact the publisher. The Biology of Acinetobacter Taxonomy, Clinical Importance, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Industrial Relevance Edited by K.}. Towner Department of Microbiology and PHLS Laboratory University Hospital Nottingham, United Kingdom E. Bergogne-Berezin Departement de Microbiologie, CHU Bichat Paris , France and C. A. Fewson Department of Biochemistry University of Glasgow Glasgow, United Kingdom Springer Science+Business Media, LLC Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data The Biology of Acinetobacter: Taxonomy, Clinical Impottance, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Industrial Relevance / edited by K. J. Towner, E. Bergogne-Bérézin, and C. A. Fewson. p. cm. — (FEMS symposium; no. 57) Based on the proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Acinetob