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Some sequence types (STs) of <jats:italic>K. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic> are significantly more prevalent in hospital settings in comparison to other equally resistant strains. This provokes the question whether or not there are phenotypic characteristics that may render certain <jats:italic>K. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic> more suitable for epidemic dispersal between patients, hospitals, and different environments. In this study, we selected seven epidemic and non-epidemic carbapenem resistant <jats:italic>K. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic> isolates for extensive systematic characterization for phenotypic and genotypic qualities in order to identify potential factors that precede or emerge from epidemic successfulness. Studied characteristics include growth rates and densities in different conditions (media, temperature, pH, resource levels), tolerance to alcohol and drought, inhibition between strains, ability to compensate pH, as well as various genomic features. Overall, there are clear differences between isolates, yet, only drought tolerance was found to notably associate with non-epidemic <jats:italic>K. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic> strains. We further report a preliminary study on the potential to control <jats:italic>K. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic> ST11 with an antimicrobial component produced by a non-epidemic <jats:italic>K. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>. 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