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Consistent with this, we found that acidic pH, an environment encountered during host colonization, results in\n                    <jats:italic>A. baumannii<\/jats:italic>\n                    DNA damage and that a\n                    <jats:italic>lkX<\/jats:italic>\n                    is induced by, and contributes to, defense against acidic conditions. 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