Grace E. Shepard

This study identifies LPS and Wzi as factors retaining CPS on K. pneumoniae and shows their importance for bloodstream survival.

This study examines phenotypic heterogeneity and environmental regulation of urovirulence in Klebsiella pneumoniae UTI isolates, finding high phenotypic variability and shared colonization ability.

This study identifies arginine as a key regulator of mucoidy in hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae, showing it activates the rmpADC promoter and modulates capsular polysaccharide chain length, impacting immune evasion and in vivo fitness.