Capsule loss or death: The position of mutations among capsule genes sways the destiny ofStreptococcus suis

Genetic Analysis of Capsular Polysaccharide Synthesis Gene Clusters from All Serotypes of Streptococcus suis: Potential Mechanisms for Generation of Capsular Variation

(2013) Masatoshi Okura et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Prevalence of Streptococcus suis Genotypes in Isolates from Porcine Endocarditis in East Japan

(2012) Hidetaka ONISHI et al.   JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE

Attenuation of Streptococcus suis virulence by the alteration of bacterial surface architecture

(2012) Youjun Feng et al.   Scientific Reports

Streptococcus suis Capsular Polysaccharide Inhibits Phagocytosis through Destabilization of Lipid Microdomains and Prevents Lactosylceramide-Dependent Recognition

(2011) Mathieu Houde et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Loss of capsule among Streptococcus suis isolates from porcine endocarditis and its biological significance

(2011) N. Lakkitjaroen et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2010) Janet Yother   Annual Review of Microbiology

Structure determination of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 capsular polysaccharide

(2010) Marie-Rose Van Calsteren et al.   Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Cell surface characteristics of nontypeable isolates of Streptococcus suis

(2010) Laetitia Bonifait et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

The Minor Pilin Subunit Sgp2 Is Necessary for Assembly of the Pilus Encoded by the srtG Cluster of Streptococcus suis

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

Streptococcus suis:An Emerging Human Pathogen

(2009) Heiman F. L. Wertheim et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Polysaccharide capsule and suilysin contribute to extracellular survival of Streptococcus suis co-cultivated with primary porcine phagocytes

(2008) Laurentiu Benga et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY