Benefits and costs of a hypercapsule and the mechanism of its loss in a clinical isolate of Acinetobacter baumannii
Chaogetu Saren, Ken-Ichi Oinuma, Taishi Tsubouchi, Arata Sakiyama, Masato Suzuki, Mamiko Niki, Yukihiro Kaneko
This study identifies a mutation-driven mechanism for capsule switching in Acinetobacter baumannii, revealing a trade-off between immune evasion and environmental adaptation.
mBio · Dec 29, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology