Streptococcus mitis: walking the line between commensalism and pathogenesis

Transfer of antibiotic resistance by transformation with eDNA within oral biofilms

(2010) Saad Hannan et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Detection of Large Numbers of Pneumococcal Virulence Genes in Streptococci of the Mitis Group

(2010) C. Johnston et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Genome of Streptococcus mitis B6 - What Is a Commensal?

(2010) Dalia Denapaite et al.   PLoS One

Metagenomic detection of phage-encoded platelet-binding factors in the human oral cavity

(2010) D. Willner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bacteriophage Lysin Mediates the Binding of Streptococcus mitis to Human Platelets through Interaction with Fibrinogen

(2010) Ho Seong Seo et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of a Peculiar Choline-Binding  -Galactosidase from Streptococcus mitis

(2009) S. Campuzano et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The immunising effect of pneumococcal nasopharyngeal colonisation; protection against future colonisation and fatal invasive disease

(2009) Luke Richards et al.   IMMUNOBIOLOGY

Streptococcus mitis Phage-Encoded Adhesins Mediate Attachment to  2-8-Linked Sialic Acid Residues on Platelet Membrane Gangliosides

(2009) J. Mitchell et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Comparative Genomic Analysis of Ten Streptococcus pneumoniae Temperate Bacteriophages

(2009) P. Romero et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Microbial Interactions Influence Inflammatory Host Cell Responses

(2009) I. Sliepen et al.   JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH

TheStreptococcus pneumoniaeadhesin PsrP binds to Keratin 10 on lung cells

(2009) Pooja Shivshankar et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Infectious complications in patients receiving autologous CD34-selected hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for severe autoimmune diseases

(2009) K. Kohno et al.   Transplant Infectious Disease

The immune response of oral epithelial cells induced by single-species and complex naturally formed biofilms

(2009) J. Eberhard et al.   Oral microbiology and immunology

Characterization of a Streptococcal Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysin with a Lewis y and b Specific Lectin Domain†

(2008) Stephen Farrand et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Population Diversity and Dynamics of Streptococcus mitis, Streptococcus oralis, and Streptococcus infantis in the Upper Respiratory Tracts of Adults, Determined by a Nonculture Strategy

(2008) M. Bek-Thomsen et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Humoral immunity to commensal oral bacteria in human infants: evidence that Streptococcus mitis biovar 1 colonization induces strain-specific salivary immunoglobulin A antibodies

(2008) Katherine A Wirth et al.   ISME Journal

Streptococcus cristatus attenuates Fusobacterium nucleatum-induced interleukin-8 expression in oral epithelial cells

(2008) G. Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF PERIODONTAL RESEARCH

A predatory mechanism dramatically increases the efficiency of lateral gene transfer inStreptococcus pneumoniaeand related commensal species

(2008) Ola Johnsborg et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Evolution of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Its Close Commensal Relatives

(2008) Mogens Kilian et al.   PLoS One