A genomic approach to understand interactions between Streptococcus pneumoniae and its bacteriophages

Selection and Characterization of Phage-Resistant Mutant Strains of Listeria monocytogenes Reveal Host Genes Linked to Phage Adsorption

(2015) Thomas Denes et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Diverse Virulent Pneumophages Infect Streptococcus mitis

(2015) Siham Ouennane et al.   PLoS One

Bacteriophage Resistance Mechanisms in the Fish Pathogen Flavobacterium psychrophilum: Linking Genomic Mutations to Changes in Bacterial Virulence Factors

(2014) Daniel Castillo et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Trimmomatic: a flexible trimmer for Illumina sequence data

(2014) Anthony M. Bolger et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Dense genomic sampling identifies highways of pneumococcal recombination

(2014) Claire Chewapreecha et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Unencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae from conjunctivitis encode variant traits and belong to a distinct phylogenetic cluster

(2014) Michael D. Valentino et al.   Nature Communications

Comprehensive Identification of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated with Beta-lactam Resistance within Pneumococcal Mosaic Genes

(2014) Claire Chewapreecha et al.   PLoS Genetics

In vitro Reconstitution of Peptidoglycan Assembly from the Gram-Positive Pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2013) André Zapun et al.   ACS Chemical Biology

Genomic Analyses of DNA Transformation and Penicillin Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae Clinical Isolates

(2013) Fereshteh Fani et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Genomic Characterization of Ciprofloxacin Resistance in a Laboratory-Derived Mutant and a Clinical Isolate of Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2013) Andréanne Lupien et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Genomic analysis and reconstruction of cefotaxime resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2013) Fereshteh Fani et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Delivery of the endolysin Cpl-1 by inhalation rescues mice with fatal pneumococcal pneumonia

(2013) J. M. Doehn et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Antibiotic resistance—the need for global solutions

(2013) Ramanan Laxminarayan et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Revenge of the phages: defeating bacterial defences

(2013) Julie E. Samson et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

CDC calls for urgent action to combat rise of drug resistant pathogens

(2013) Michael McCarthy   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Update on antimicrobial susceptibility trends among Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States: report of ceftaroline activity from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1998–2011)

(2012) Ronald N. Jones et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

A Functional Genomics Approach to Establish the Complement of Carbohydrate Transporters in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2012) Alessandro Bidossi et al.   PLoS One

Whole genome sequencing of phage resistant Bacillus anthracis mutants reveals an essential role for cell surface anchoring protein CsaB in phage AP50c adsorption

(2012) Kimberly A Bishop-Lilly et al.   Virology Journal

Identification and in vitro Analysis of the GatD/MurT Enzyme-Complex Catalyzing Lipid II Amidation in Staphylococcus aureus

(2012) Daniela Münch et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Identification of Genetic Determinants and Enzymes Involved with the Amidation of Glutamic Acid Residues in the Peptidoglycan of Staphylococcus aureus

(2012) Teresa A. Figueiredo et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Isolation and analysis of cell wall components from Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2011) Nhat Khai Bui et al.   ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY

Whole genome analysis of linezolid resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae reveals resistance and compensatory mutations

(2011) Dewan S Billal et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Rapid Pneumococcal Evolution in Response to Clinical Interventions

(2011) N. J. Croucher et al.   SCIENCE

A Trigger Enzyme in Mycoplasma pneumoniae: Impact of the Glycerophosphodiesterase GlpQ on Virulence and Gene Expression

(2011) Sebastian R. Schmidl et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Whole genome sequencing of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae reveals mutations in penicillin-binding proteins and in a putative iron permease

(2011) Fereshteh Fani et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Genome Annotation and Intraviral Interactome for the Streptococcus pneumoniae Virulent Phage Dp-1

(2010) M. Sabri et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Transcript assembly and quantification by RNA-Seq reveals unannotated transcripts and isoform switching during cell differentiation

(2010) Cole Trapnell et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Bacteriophage resistance mechanisms

(2010) Simon J. Labrie et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools

(2009) H. Li et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Fast and accurate short read alignment with Burrows-Wheeler transform

(2009) H. Li et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Systemic use of the endolysin Cpl-1 rescues mice with fatal pneumococcal pneumonia*

(2009) Martin Witzenrath et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Genome sequencing of linezolid-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae mutants reveals novel mechanisms of resistance

(2009) J. Feng et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Characterization of Novel  -Galactosidase Activity That Contributes to Glycoprotein Degradation and Virulence in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2009) V. S. Terra et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Comparative Genomic Analysis of Ten Streptococcus pneumoniae Temperate Bacteriophages

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

Characterization of the Streptococcus pneumoniae BgaC Protein as a Novel Surface  -Galactosidase with Specific Hydrolysis Activity for the Gal 1-3GlcNAc Moiety of Oligosaccharides

(2009) J. K. Jeong et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The transfer of choline from the host to the bacterial cell surface requires glpQ in Haemophilus influenzae

(2003) Xin Fan et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY