Klebsiella pneumoniae Genome sequencing and assembly. Klebsiella pneumoniae

Klebsiella pneumoniae is known for its antibiotic resistance and for its virulence (referred to as hypervirulence), but until recently these two traits were not combined in the same organism. This project looks at 'high-risk clones' for antibiotic resistance that also carry a virulence plasmid, even having antibiotic resistance genes in that virulence plasmid. This is of serious public health concern.