Quorum-Sensing Systems LuxS/Autoinducer 2 and Com Regulate Streptococcus pneumoniae Biofilms in a Bioreactor with Living Cultures of Human Respiratory Cells

Fratricide Is Essential for Efficient Gene Transfer between Pneumococci in Biofilms

(2012) Hua Wei et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Insight into the composition of the intercellular matrix ofStreptococcus pneumoniaebiofilms

(2012) Mirian Domenech et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Pneumococcal Interactions with Epithelial Cells Are Crucial for Optimal Biofilm Formation and ColonizationIn VitroandIn Vivo

(2012) Laura R. Marks et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

The impact of the competence quorum sensing system on Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilms varies depending on the experimental model

(2011) Claudia Trappetti et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

The LuxS-Dependent Quorum-Sensing System Regulates Early Biofilm Formation by Streptococcus pneumoniae Strain D39

(2011) Jorge E. Vidal et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

LuxS Mediates Iron-Dependent Biofilm Formation, Competence, and Fratricide in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2011) Claudia Trappetti et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Extracellular Matrix Formation Enhances the Ability of Streptococcus pneumoniae to Cause Invasive Disease

(2011) Claudia Trappetti et al.   PLoS One

Streptococcus pneumoniae in Biofilms Are Unable to Cause Invasive Disease Due to Altered Virulence Determinant Production

(2011) Carlos J. Sanchez et al.   PLoS One

Biofilm formation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2011) Mirian Domenech et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Biofilm formation by Streptococcus pneumoniae strains and effects of human serum albumin, ibuprofen, N-acetyl-l-cysteine, amoxicillin, erythromycin, and levofloxacin

(2010) Gema del Prado et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Coinfection withHaemophilus influenzaePromotes Pneumococcal Biofilm Formation during Experimental Otitis Media and Impedes the Progression of Pneumococcal Disease

(2010) Kristin E. D. Weimer et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Quorum-regulated biofilms enhance the development of conditionally viable, environmental Vibrio cholerae

(2010) M. Kamruzzaman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Pneumococcal Serine-Rich Repeat Protein Is an Intra-Species Bacterial Adhesin That Promotes Bacterial Aggregation In Vivo and in Biofilms

(2010) Carlos J. Sanchez et al.   PLoS Pathogens

AI-2/LuxS Is Involved in Increased Biofilm Formation by Streptococcus intermedius in the Presence of Antibiotics

(2009) N. A. Ahmed et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Contact with enterocyte-like Caco-2 cells induces rapid upregulation of toxin production byClostridium perfringenstype C isolates

(2009) Jorge E. Vidal et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The NanA Neuraminidase of Streptococcus pneumoniae Is Involved in Biofilm Formation

(2009) D. Parker et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

The surface-anchored NanA protein promotes pneumococcal brain endothelial cell invasion

(2009) Satoshi Uchiyama et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention of pneumococcal pneumonia

(2009) Tom van der Poll et al.   LANCET

EspC translocation into epithelial cells by enteropathogenicEscherichia colirequires a concerted participation of type V and III secretion systems

(2008) Jorge E. Vidal et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Novel Approaches to the Identification ofStreptococcus pneumoniaeas the Cause of Community‐Acquired Pneumonia

(2008) Keith P. Klugman et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Biofilm formation on human airway epithelia by encapsulated Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B

(2008) R. Brock Neil et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION