MicrobiologyNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
Sugar Import Suppresses Klebsiella pneumoniae Mucoidy in cAMP-CRP-dependent Manner
Saroj Khadka, George E. Gates, Andrew J. Stark…·Laura A. Mike
This study shows that sugar import, not catabolism, suppresses mucoidy in hypervirulent K. pneumoniae via cAMP-CRP signaling, reducing rmpADC promoter activity and rmpD expression.
DOI 10.1038/s41467-026-75867-z