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Transmission of <i>Klebsiella</i> strains and plasmids within and between Grey-headed flying fox colonies
2021-10-26
Abstract excerpt
The Grey-headed flying fox ( Pteropus poliocephalus ) is an endemic Australian fruit bat, known to carry pathogens with zoonotic potential. We recently showed these bats harbour the bacterial pathogens Klebsiella pneumoniae and closely related species in the K. pneumoniae species complex ( Kp SC). However, the dynamics of Klebsiella transmission and gene flow within flying fox colonies were not explored and r...
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- Literature Corpus work
- e56d9cf0-6042-5a59-9384-61d4f0bde82d
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.10.25.465810
