The acquisition of rmpADC can increase virulence of classical Klebsiella pneumoniae in the absence of other hypervirulence-associated genes
Stephen M. Salisbury, Taryn A. Miner, Leslie A. Kent, Margaret M. C. Lam, Kathryn E. Holt, Virginia L. Miller, Kimberly A. Walker
This study investigates whether the rmpADC operon alone can increase virulence in classical Klebsiella pneumoniae strains, finding that HMV is necessary but not sufficient for hypervirulence.
mBio · Dec 9, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology