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We previously identified K2606, a CG23 clinical hypervirulent strain of <jats:italic>Klebsiella pneumoniae<\/jats:italic> harboring a conjugative virulence plasmid designated pK2606. In this study we examined hypervirulence levels using assays of biofilm formation, serum resistance, and wax larvae and mouse <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic> infection models. Moreover, to define the transfer ability of pK2606 and whether this confers hypervirulence to other strains we performed plasmid transconjugation experiments between K2606 and the ST11 CRKP strain HS11286 along with <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic> J53. We found that although biofilm formation and serum resistance were not significantly increased, the transconjugants acquired the ability of produce high level of siderophores and also caused high mortality of wax larvae and mice. Furthermore, we identified pK2606-like conjugative virulence plasmids in GenBank, providing evidence that such plasmids may have begun to spread throughout China. 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