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Distinct and shared impacts of virulence plasmids on the phenotype and transcriptome in convergent carbapenem-resistant and hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Microbiology spectrum - 7 Jul 2026
Hao Mingju, Cui Xiaodi, Feng Liya, Liu Ke, Shi Xiaohong, Long Tengfei, Rowe Sarah E, Lin Yi-Tsung, Chen Liang
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The global rise of convergent carbapenem-resistant and hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-hvKp) represents a major clinical challenge, yet the role of virulence plasmids (pVirs) in shaping bacterial physiology and pathogenicity remains incompletely understood. Using a CRISPR-Cas9-based curing system, we precisely eliminated pVirs from two clinical CR-hvKp strains, sequence type 23 (ST23)-KL1 (blaNDM-1) and...
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