A plasmid-associated immunoglobulin-binding protein in Acinetobacter baumannii
This study demonstrates ImbA as an unrecognised plasmid-encoded virulence factor in A. baumannii that drives immune evasion and hypervirulence by intercepting host immunoglobulins, highlighting ImbA as a non-antibiotic therapeutic target with potential against multidrug-resistant A. baumannii.