Hypervirulent group A Streptococcus emergence in an acaspular background is associated with marked remodeling of the bacterial cell surface

Population and Whole Genome Sequence Based Characterization of Invasive Group A Streptococci Recovered in the United States during 2015

(2017) Sopio Chochua et al.   mBio

Persistent Infections by NontyphoidalSalmonellain Humans: Epidemiology and Genetics

(2016) Alex Marzel et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Host Physiologic Changes Induced by Influenza A Virus Lead to Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Dispersion and Transition from Asymptomatic Colonization to Invasive Disease

(2016) Ryan M. Reddinger et al.   mBio

Application of Whole-Genome Sequencing to an Unusual Outbreak of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease

(2016) Jessica Galloway-Peña et al.   Open Forum Infectious Diseases

The Mga Regulon but Not Deoxyribonuclease Sda1 of Invasive M1T1 Group A Streptococcus Contributes toIn VivoSelection of CovRS Mutations and Resistance to Innate Immune Killing Mechanisms

(2015) Guanghui Liu et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Characterization of the Effect of the Histidine Kinase CovS on Response Regulator Phosphorylation in Group A Streptococcus

(2015) Nicola Horstmann et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Phosphorylation Events in the Multiple Gene Regulator of Group A Streptococcus Significantly Influence Global Gene Expression and Virulence

(2015) Misu Sanson et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Sequence type 1 group BStreptococcus, an emerging cause of invasive disease in adults, evolves by small genetic changes

(2015) Anthony R. Flores et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Emergence of a New Highly Successful Acapsular Group A Streptococcus Clade of Genotype emm 89 in the United Kingdom

(2015) Claire E. Turner et al.   mBio

Emergence of the Same Successful Clade among Distinct Populations of emm 89 Streptococcus pyogenes in Multiple Geographic Regions

(2015) Ana Friães et al.   mBio

Consequences of the variability of the CovRS and RopB regulators among Streptococcus pyogenes causing human infections

(2015) Ana Friães et al.   Scientific Reports

Asymptomatic Carriage of Group A Streptococcus Is Associated with Elimination of Capsule Production

(2014) Anthony R. Flores et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Natural Disruption of Two Regulatory Networks in Serotype M3 Group A Streptococcus Isolates Contributes to the Virulence Factor Profile of This Hypervirulent Serotype

(2014) Tram N. Cao et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Mutual Exclusivity of Hyaluronan and Hyaluronidase in Invasive Group AStreptococcus

(2014) Anna Henningham et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Simultaneous isolation of emm89-type Streptococcus pyogenes strains with a wild-type or mutated covS gene from a single streptococcal toxic shock syndrome patient

(2014) K. Masuno et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evolutionary pathway to increased virulence and epidemic group A Streptococcus disease derived from 3,615 genome sequences

(2014) W. Nasser et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dual-Site Phosphorylation of the Control of Virulence Regulator Impacts Group A Streptococcal Global Gene Expression and Pathogenesis

(2014) Nicola Horstmann et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Molecular Characterization of an Invasive Phenotype of Group A Streptococcus Arising During Human Infection Using Whole Genome Sequencing of Multiple Isolates From the Same Patient

(2013) Anthony R. Flores et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Pathoadaptive Mutations in Salmonella enterica Isolated after Serial Passage in Mice

(2013) Sanna Koskiniemi et al.   PLoS One

Interkingdom Signaling Induces Streptococcus pneumoniae Biofilm Dispersion and Transition from Asymptomatic Colonization to Disease

(2013) L. R. Marks et al.   mBio

RivR Is a Negative Regulator of Virulence Factor Expression in Group A Streptococcus

(2012) Jeanette Treviño et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Multi High-Throughput Approach for Highly Selective Identification of Vaccine Candidates: the Group A Streptococcus Case

(2012) Giuliano Bensi et al.   MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS

Human Disease Isolates of Serotype M4 and M22 Group A Streptococcus Lack Genes Required for Hyaluronic Acid Capsule Biosynthesis

(2012) A. R. Flores et al.   mBio

Identification and molecular characterization of a S. agalactiae strain lacking the capsular locus

(2011) R. Creti et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Genotype and Phenotypes of an Intestine-Adapted Escherichia coli K-12 Mutant Selected by Animal Passage for Superior Colonization

(2011) Andrew J. Fabich et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Distinct Single Amino Acid Replacements in the Control of Virulence Regulator Protein Differentially Impact Streptococcal Pathogenesis

(2011) Nicola Horstmann et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Enhanced Virulence ofSalmonella entericaSerovar Typhimurium after Passage through Mice

(2010) Pietro Mastroeni et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Dissection of the Molecular Basis for Hypervirulence of an In Vivo–Selected Phenotype of the Widely Disseminated M1T1 Strain of Group AStreptococcusBacteria

(2010) Rita G. Kansal et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Mutations inagrDo Not Persist in Natural Populations of Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureus

(2010) Bo Shopsin et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Molecular complexity of successive bacterial epidemics deconvoluted by comparative pathogenomics

(2010) S. B. Beres et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Highly Frequent Mutations in Negative Regulators of Multiple Virulence Genes in Group A Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Isolates

(2010) Tadayoshi Ikebe et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools

(2009) H. Li et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

CovS Simultaneously Activates and Inhibits the CovR-Mediated Repression of Distinct Subsets of Group A Streptococcus Virulence Factor-Encoding Genes

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

M1T1 group A streptococcal pili promote epithelial colonization but diminish systemic virulence through neutrophil extracellular entrapment

(2009) Laura E. Crotty Alexander et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE-JMM