MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Subinhibitory antibiotic concentrations promote the excision of a genomic island carried by the globally spread carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258
A. Pina-Iturbe, G. Hoppe-Elsholz, I. Suazo…·S. M. Bueno
This study identifies the genomic island ICEKp258.2 in diverse Klebsiella pneumoniae strains and shows subinhibitory antibiotics induce its excision and gene expression.
DOI 10.1101/2023.08.10.552780