Coordinated Bacteriocin Expression and Competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae Contributes to Genetic Adaptation through Neighbor Predation

Commensal Streptococci Serve as a Reservoir for β-Lactam Resistance Genes in Streptococcus pneumoniae

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An Electrostatic Interaction between BlpC and BlpH Dictates Pheromone Specificity in the Control of Bacteriocin Production and Immunity in Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Immunoblotting conditions for small peptides from streptococci

(2015) Lauren Davey et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Selective and Genetic Constraints on Pneumococcal Serotype Switching

(2015) Nicholas J. Croucher et al.   PLoS Genetics

Variable recombination dynamics during the emergence, transmission and ‘disarming’ of a multidrug-resistant pneumococcal clone

(2014) Nicholas J Croucher et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Dense genomic sampling identifies highways of pneumococcal recombination

(2014) Claire Chewapreecha et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The HtrA Protease of Streptococcus pneumoniae Controls Density-Dependent Stimulation of the Bacteriocin blp Locus via Disruption of Pheromone Secretion

(2013) T. J. Kochan et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae Is a Response to an Increasing Mutational Burden

(2013) Alyssa L. Gagne et al.   PLoS One

High Levels of Genetic Recombination during Nasopharyngeal Carriage and Biofilm Formation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2012) L. R. Marks et al.   mBio

Regulation of the Competence Pathway as a Novel Role Associated with a Streptococcal Bacteriocin

(2011) D. Dufour et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Rapid Pneumococcal Evolution in Response to Clinical Interventions

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

Competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae Is Regulated by the Rate of Ribosomal Decoding Errors

(2011) K. E. Stevens et al.   mBio

Antibodies to Streptococcus pneumoniae Capsular Polysaccharide Enhance Pneumococcal Quorum Sensing

(2011) M. Yano et al.   mBio

Pneumococcal CbpD is a murein hydrolase that requires a dual cell envelope binding specificity to kill target cells during fratricide

(2010) Vegard Eldholm et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2010) Claudio Donati et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Competence for Genetic Transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae: Termination of Activity of the Alternative Sigma Factor ComX Is Independent of Proteolysis of ComX and ComW

(2009) A. Piotrowski et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Fratricide in Streptococcus pneumoniae: contributions and role of the cell wall hydrolases CbpD, LytA and LytC

(2009) V. Eldholm et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

The Streptococcus pneumoniae Competence Regulatory System Influences Respiratory Tract Colonization

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