TABLE 4.

Natural transformation frequencies of A. baumannii A118 in the presence of native, denatured, and digested BSA^a

Treatment	Mean transformation frequency ± SD	Mean CFU/ml ± SD
LB	2.607 × 10−8 ± 7.441 × 10−9	1.250 × 106 ± 7.05 × 105
LB + BSA	7.049 × 10−8 ± 3.807 × 10−8	2.881 × 106 ± 2.560 × 106
LB + denatured BSA	2.620 × 10−7 ± 1.540 × 10−7	1.544 × 106 ± 1.168 × 106
LB + digested BSA	6.332 × 10−8 ± 5.684 × 10−8	5.708 × 106 ± 4.100 × 106

^an = 3 biological replicates.