Cross-protection and cross-feeding between Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii promotes their co-existence

Here, the authors characterise Acinetobacter baumanii and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from a single human lung infection and proceed to define their interactions to shed light on how this impacts their evolution, growth parameters, metabolism and antimicrobial responses.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lucie Semenec, Amy K. Cain, Catherine J. Dawson, Qi Liu, Hue Dinh, Hannah Lott, Anahit Penesyan, Ram Maharjan, Francesca L. Short, Karl A. Hassan, Ian T. Paulsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36252-2