Arena Fabio, Henrici De Angelis Lucia, Pieralli Filippo, Di Pilato Vincenzo, Giani Tommaso, Torricelli Francesca, D'Andrea Marco Maria, Rossolini Gian Maria
Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Internal Medicine Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Genome Announc. 2015 Sep 17;3(5):e00952-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00952-15.
Klebsiella quasipneumoniae is a recently described species, formerly identified as K. pneumoniae phylogroup KpII. Information on pathogenic and virulence potential of this species are lacking. We sequenced the genome of a hypermucoviscous K. quasipneumoniae clinical isolate showing a virulence genes content (allABCDRS, kfuABC, and mrkABCDFHIJ) peculiar to hypervirulent K. pneumoniae strains.