MicrobiologymBioPeer-reviewed
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…·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.
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