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My name is Gábor Apjok, a PhD student from the Biological Research Centre of Szeged, Hungary. Recently, our hospitals in Hungary have detected multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, which we have started to collect. We are familiar with isolating phages from the environment, however, we have failed to do so in case of Acinetobacter phages. We investigated hospital sewage from various sources, river sediment, soil, to no avail. Next, we will check samples directly from patients (e.g. fecal samples, swabs etc.), however it takes time to get permission to handle samples of the sort. Because of the above reasons, we thought it would be best to seek help from the phage community. We are seeking Acinetobacter phages (and their cognate hosts to maintain phages) and would appreciate any help you can provide. Please contact me at: agabor723@gmail.com.