MicrobiologyFrontiers in Cellular and Infection MicrobiologyPeer-reviewed
Temperatures above 37°C increase virulence of a convergent Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 307 strain
Justus Ursus Müller, Michael Schwabe, Lena-Sophie Swiatek…·Katharina Schaufler
This study shows that temperatures above 37°C increase hypermucoviscosity and virulence in a convergent Klebsiella pneumoniae strain, potentially due to plasmid-encoded factors and temperature-dependent regulatory changes.
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