Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates Obtained from Intensive Care Unit Patients in 2024: General Characterization, Prophages, Depolymerases and Esterases of Phage Origin
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Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates Obtained from Intensive Care Unit Patients in 2024: General Characterization, Prophages, Depolymerases and Esterases of Phage Origin
Abstract
Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae are significant nosocomial pathogens worldwide. In this study, the general characterization of A. baumannii and K. pneumoniae isolates obtained from the blood of intensive care unit patients of the multidisciplinary scientific and practical center of emergency medicine from January to September 2024 was performed. Prophage regions and prophage-derived tailspike polysaccharide-depolymerizing or -modifying enzymes within these isolates were identified and characterized in detail using a refined workflow. The protocol, encompassing a comprehensive survey of all predicted bacterial proteins, revealed an average of 6.0 prophage regions per Acinetobacter baumannii genome, including regions putatively derived from filamentous phages, and 4.8 prophage regions per Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate. Analysis of these putative prophage regions indicated that most were related to previously isolated, yet unclassified, temperate phages infecting A. baumannii and K. pneumoniae. However, certain identified sequences likely originated from phages representing novel groups comparatively distant from known phages.
Keywords: Acinetobacter baumannii; Klebsiella pneumoniae; genomes; prophage regions; tailspike depolymerase; tailspike esterase.
Conflict of interest statement
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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