Targeted Curing of All Lysogenic Bacteriophage from Streptococcus pyogenes Using a Novel Counter-selection Technique

Molecular epidemiology and genomics of group A Streptococcus

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Unique Genomic Arrangements in an Invasive Serotype M23 Strain of Streptococcus pyogenes Identify Genes That Induce Hypervirulence

(2014) Y. Bao et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

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

Chromosomal islands of Streptococcus pyogenes and related streptococci: molecular switches for survival and virulence

(2014) Scott V. Nguyen et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Nucleotide sequence of conjugative prophage Φ1207.3 (formerly Tn1207.3) carrying the mef(A)/msr(D) genes for efflux resistance to macrolides in Streptococcus pyogenes

(2014) Francesco Iannelli et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Enterococcus faecalis Prophage Dynamics and Contributions to Pathogenic Traits

(2013) Renata C. Matos et al.   PLoS Genetics

Full-Genome Dissection of an Epidemic of Severe Invasive Disease Caused by a Hypervirulent, Recently Emerged Clone of Group A Streptococcus

(2012) Nahuel Fittipaldi et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Tracing the evolutionary history of the pandemic group A streptococcal M1T1 clone

(2012) Peter G. Maamary et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Complete Genome Sequence of Streptococcus pyogenes M1 476, Isolated from a Patient with Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome

(2012) T. Miyoshi-Akiyama et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Molecular Characterization of the 2011 Hong Kong Scarlet Fever Outbreak

(2012) H. Tse et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

DNase Sda1 Allows Invasive M1T1 Group A Streptococcus to Prevent TLR9-Dependent Recognition

(2012) Satoshi Uchiyama et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Phage-Like Streptococcus pyogenes Chromosomal Islands (SpyCI) and Mutator Phenotypes: Control by Growth State and Rescue by a SpyCI-Encoded Promoter

(2012) Julie Scott et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Whole-Genome Association Study on Tissue Tropism Phenotypes in Group A Streptococcus

(2011) D. E. Bessen et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

CRISPR Inhibition of Prophage Acquisition in Streptococcus pyogenes

(2011) Takashi Nozawa et al.   PLoS One

The phage-related chromosomal islands of Gram-positive bacteria

(2010) Richard P. Novick et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Bacteriophage resistance mechanisms

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

Cryptic prophages help bacteria cope with adverse environments

(2010) Xiaoxue Wang et al.   Nature Communications

 m46.1, the Main Streptococcus pyogenes Element Carrying mef(A) and tet(O) Genes

(2009) A. Brenciani et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

The Secret Life of the Anthrax Agent Bacillus anthracis: Bacteriophage-Mediated Ecological Adaptations

(2009) Raymond Schuch et al.   PLoS One

Phage-Associated Mutator Phenotype in Group A Streptococcus

(2008) J. Scott et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Genome Sequence of a Nephritogenic and Highly Transformable M49 Strain of Streptococcus pyogenes

(2008) W. M. McShan et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY