Mitis Group Streptococci Express Variable Pilus Islet 2 Pili

Pilus backbone protein PitB of Streptococcus pneumoniae contains stabilizing intramolecular isopeptide bonds

(2011) Dorothea Zähner et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Conservation of Ebp-Type Pilus Genes among Enterococci and Demonstration of Their Role in Adherence of Enterococcus faecalis to Human Platelets

(2011) Sreedhar R. Nallapareddy et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Genome of Streptococcus oralis Strain Uo5

(2011) P. Reichmann et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Mechanisms of oral bacteria-induced platelet activation

(2010) Archibald McNicol et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY

Relevance of pili in pathogenic streptococci pathogenesis and vaccine development

(2010) Marco Soriani et al.   Future Microbiology

Roles of Minor Pilin Subunits Spy0125 and Spy0130 in the Serotype M1 Streptococcus pyogenes Strain SF370

(2010) W. D. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

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

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

It's Not Easy Being Green: the Viridans Group Streptococci, with a Focus on Pediatric Clinical Manifestations

(2010) C. D. Doern et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Structural Basis of Host Cell Recognition by the Pilus Adhesin from Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2010) Thierry Izoré et al.   STRUCTURE

Structure and dynamics of the pan-genome of Streptococcus pneumoniae and closely related species

(2010) Claudio Donati et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Pili of oral Streptococcus sanguinis bind to fibronectin and contribute to cell adhesion

(2009) Nobuo Okahashi et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Assigning strains to bacterial species via the internet

(2009) Cynthia J Bishop et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Distribution of Genes Encoding MSCRAMMs and Pili in Clinical and Natural Populations of Enterococcus faecium

(2009) J. Sillanpaa et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Streptococcus Adherence and Colonization

(2009) A. H. Nobbs et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Linkage of T3 and Cpa pilins in theStreptococcus pyogenesM3 pilus

(2009) Bernard R. Quigley et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Comparative genomic analysis of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG reveals pili containing a human- mucus binding protein

(2009) M. Kankainen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gene cloning and characterization of Streptococcus intermedius fimbriae involved in saliva-mediated aggregation

(2009) Taihei Yamaguchi et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Dual Role for Pilus in Adherence to Epithelial Cells and Biofilm Formation in Streptococcus agalactiae

(2009) Yoan Konto-Ghiorghi et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A Second Pilus Type in Streptococcus pneumoniae Is Prevalent in Emerging Serotypes and Mediates Adhesion to Host Cells

(2008) F. Bagnoli et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Molecular and Antigenic Characterization of aStreptococcus oralisCoaggregation Receptor Polysaccharide by Carbohydrate Engineering inStreptococcus gordonii

(2008) Yasuo Yoshida et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Evolution of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Its Close Commensal Relatives

(2008) Mogens Kilian et al.   PLoS One

Pili in Gram-positive bacteria: assembly, involvement in colonization and biofilm development

(2008) Anjali Mandlik et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY