Genomic and clinical characterization of Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying the pks island
BackgroundThe pks island and its production of the bacterial secondary metabolite genotoxin, colibactin, have attracted increasing attention.However, genomic articles focusing on pks islands in Klebsiella pneumoniae, as well as comparative genomic studies of mobile genetic elements, such as prophages, plasmids, and insertion sequences, are lacking.