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. 2022 Nov 14;10(6):e03044-22. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.03044-22

TABLE 1.

Microbiological and genomic characteristics of the ST65 strains

Itema P1 PEKP4222 P6 PEKP4130 B3 PEKP3083 PEKP3048 PEKP123 A7 J4
HMV Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y
MDR Y Y N N N N N N N N
CR Y N N N N N N N N N
Biofilm + + + + + + + ++ + +
Serum killing assay Sensitive Sensitive Sensitive Resistant Resistant Sensitive Resistant Sensitive Sensitive Resistant
AMR blaOXA-1; blaCTX-M-3; blaKPC-3 tetA N N N N N N N N
Serotype KL2 KL2 KL2 KL2 KL2 KL2 KL2 KL2 KL2 KL2
O-antigen O1v2 O1v2 O1v2 O1v2 O1v2 O1v2 O1v2 O1v2 O1v2 O1v2
yersiniabactin Ybt17-ICEKP10 Ybt17-ICEKP10 N Ybt17-ICEKP10 Ybt17-ICEKP10 N Ybt17-ICEKP10 Ybt17-ICEKP10 Ybt17-ICEKP10 N
Colibactin clb3 clb3 N clb3 clb3 N clb3 clb3 clb3 N
Aerobactin iuc1 iuc1 iuc1 iuc1 iuc1 iuc1 iuc1 iuc1 iuc1 N
Salmochelin iro1 iro1 iro1 iro1 iro1 iro1 iro1 iro1 iro1 iro1
RmST 38 38 38 38 38 38-1LV 38 38 38 38
Virulence scoreb 5 5 3 5 5 3 5 5 5 3
a

HMV, hypermucoviscosity; MDR, multidrug resistance; CR, carbapenem resistance; AMR, antimicrobial resistance; Y, yes; N, no.

b

Virulence score was predicted using Kleborate. Bold texts represent the characteristics of the two MDR-ST65-hvKp strains.