Deletion of the Zinc Transporter Lipoprotein AdcAII Causes Hyperencapsulation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Associated with Distinct Alleles of the Type I Restriction-Modification System

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The LuxS/AI-2 Quorum-Sensing System of Streptococcus pneumoniae Is Required to Cause Disease, and to Regulate Virulence- and Metabolism-Related Genes in a Rat Model of Middle Ear Infection

(2018) Mukesh K. Yadav et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Autoinducer 2 Signaling via the Phosphotransferase FruA Drives Galactose Utilization by Streptococcus pneumoniae , Resulting in Hypervirulence

(2017) Claudia Trappetti et al.   mBio

Correction: Naturally Acquired Human Immunity to Pneumococcus Is Dependent on Antibody to Protein Antigens

(2017) Robert Wilson et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A Quorum-Sensing System That Regulates Streptococcus pneumoniae Biofilm Formation and Surface Polysaccharide Production

(2017) Roger Junges et al.   mSphere

Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4 Phase-Locked Opacity Variants Differ in Virulence Phenotypes

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Structural investigations on orotate phosphoribosyltransferase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a key enzyme of the de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis

(2017) Stefano Donini et al.   Scientific Reports

Pneumococcal lipoproteins involved in bacterial fitness, virulence, and immune evasion

(2016) Sylvia Kohler et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Prevalence and antibiotic resistance of commensalStreptococcus pneumoniaein nine European countries

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Dynamic capsule restructuring by the main pneumococcal autolysin LytA in response to the epithelium

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Epigenetic Switch Driven by DNA Inversions Dictates Phase Variation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2016) Jing Li et al.   PLoS Pathogens

AdcAII of Streptococcus pneumoniae Affects Pneumococcal Invasiveness

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CpsR, a GntR family regulator, transcriptionally regulates capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis and governs bacterial virulence in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2016) Kaifeng Wu et al.   Scientific Reports

The First Histidine Triad Motif of PhtD Is Critical for Zinc Homeostasis inStreptococcus pneumoniae

(2015) Bart A. Eijkelkamp et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

A point mutation in cpsE renders Streptococcus pneumoniae nonencapsulated and enhances its growth, adherence and competence

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Overlapping Functionality of the Pht Proteins in Zinc Homeostasis of Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2014) Charles D. Plumptre et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Streptococcus pneumoniae Phosphotyrosine Phosphatase CpsB and Alterations in Capsule Production Resulting from Changes in Oxygen Availability

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A random six-phase switch regulates pneumococcal virulence via global epigenetic changes

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Evolution and genetic diversity of the Spain23F-ST81 clone causing adult invasive pneumococcal disease in Barcelona (1990–2012)

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Biochemical Activities of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 2 Capsular Glycosyltransferases and Significance of Suppressor Mutations Affecting the Initiating Glycosyltransferase Cps2E

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Capsule Type of Streptococcus pneumoniae Determines Growth Phenotype

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Intrinsic Epidemicity of Streptococcus pneumoniae Depends on Strain Serotype and Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern

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Biochemical Characterization of the Histidine Triad Protein PhtD as a Cell Surface Zinc-Binding Protein of Pneumococcus

(2011) Elodie Loisel et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Absence of pneumococcal PcsB is associated with overexpression of LysM domain-containing proteins

(2011) C. Giefing-Kroll et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Zinc uptake by Streptococcus pneumoniae depends on both AdcA and AdcAII and is essential for normal bacterial morphology and virulence

(2011) Lucie Bayle et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Changes in Capsular Serotype Alter the Surface Exposure of Pneumococcal Adhesins and Impact Virulence

(2011) Carlos J. Sanchez 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

Capsules ofStreptococcus pneumoniaeand Other Bacteria: Paradigms for Polysaccharide Biosynthesis and Regulation

(2010) Janet Yother   Annual Review of Microbiology

Morphology and physico-chemical properties of Bacillus spores surrounded or not with an exosporiumConsequences on their ability to adhere to stainless steel

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Streptococcus pneumoniae Resistance to Complement-Mediated Immunity Is Dependent on the Capsular Serotype

(2009) C. Hyams et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

The Streptococcus pneumoniae Capsule Inhibits Complement Activity and Neutrophil Phagocytosis by Multiple Mechanisms

(2009) C. Hyams et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Carbamoylphosphate synthetase activity is essential for the optimal growth ofStreptococcus thermophilusin milk

(2009) S. Arioli et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

AdcAII, A New Pneumococcal Zn-Binding Protein Homologous with ABC Transporters: Biochemical and Structural Analysis

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