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Preferred evolutionary routes of convergence in Klebsiella pneumoniae favor siderophore acquisition over hypervirulence

Published by Nature.com By Anjali P. Sapre, Melissa J. Martin, Ting L. Luo, Ulrike Carlino-MacDonald, Connor J. Davies, Emma G. Mills, Ana C. Ong, Rosslyn Maybank, Messiah J. Odeyale, Yoon I. Kwak, Valentyn Kovalchuk, Viacheslav Kondratiuk, Nadiia Fomina, Alan Hutson, Magda Metreveli, Denis K. Byarugaba, Tamer S. Osman, Lillian A. Musila, Paul Rios, John Mark Velasco, Nattaya Ruamsapp, Jason W. Bennett, Patrick T. Mc Gann, Thomas A. Russo, Francois Lebreton, Tinatin Aptsiauri, Barbara Bujak, Christine Hulseberg, Shorena Mazmaniani, Thomas Musich, Nino Trapaidze, Stephen Alafi, Bernard Erima, Hope O. Kabatesi, Hannah Kibuuka, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Godfrey Wokorach, Mayar M. Said, Omar M. Sayyouh, Salwa A. Nasrat, Robert Haynes, Luis Pow Sang, Collins K. Kigen, Vanessa Natasha, James Wachira, Erick Odoyo, Allan Wataka, Stephen Ondolo, Manuela Bernal, Enrique Canal, Paula Corazon Diones, Maria Theresa Valderama, Sidhartha Chaudhury, Daniel M. Boudreaux, Paphavee Lertsethtakarn, Jeff Livezey, Woradee Lurchachaiwong, Boonyalai Nonlawat, Wilawan Oransathit · 21 October 2026 at 03:00

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Authors present a global study revealing that drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae repeatedly acquires conjugative plasmids with aerobactin, boosting iron-scavenging ability without becoming hypervirulent. This may help emerging strains spread in healthcare s…

Preferred evolutionary routes of convergence in Klebsiella pneumoniae favor siderophore acquisition over hypervirulence

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