Global Phylogenomic Analysis of Nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae Reveals a Deep-Branching Classic Lineage That Is Distinct from Multiple Sporadic Lineages

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

(2014) Nicholas J Croucher et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

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

(2014) Thierry O Schaffner et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Dense genomic sampling identifies highways of pneumococcal recombination

(2014) Claire Chewapreecha et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Streptococcus pneumoniae detects and responds to foreign bacterial peptide fragments in its environment

(2014) L. J. Hathaway et al.   Open Biology

Evidence of antimicrobial resistance-conferring genetic elements among pneumococci isolated prior to 1974

(2013) Kelly L Wyres et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Population genomics of post-vaccine changes in pneumococcal epidemiology

(2013) Nicholas J Croucher et al.   NATURE GENETICS

PspK of Streptococcus pneumoniae Increases Adherence to Epithelial Cells and Enhances Nasopharyngeal Colonization

(2012) L. E. Keller et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Toxin-Antitoxin Genes of the Gram-Positive Pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae: So Few and Yet So Many

(2012) Wai Ting Chan et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Variation at the capsule locus, cps, of mistyped and non-typable Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates

(2012) S. J. Salter et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Nontypeable Pneumococci Can Be Divided into Multiple cps Types, Including One Type Expressing the Novel Gene pspK

(2012) I. H. Park et al.   mBio

Regulation of Arginine Acquisition and Virulence Gene Expression in the Human PathogenStreptococcus pneumoniaeby Transcription Regulators ArgR1 and AhrC

(2011) Tomas G. Kloosterman et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Fast, scalable generation of high-quality protein multiple sequence alignments using Clustal Omega

(2011) F. Sievers et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

ICEberg: a web-based resource for integrative and conjugative elements found in Bacteria

(2011) Dexi Bi et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Rapid Pneumococcal Evolution in Response to Clinical Interventions

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

Prodigal: prokaryotic gene recognition and translation initiation site identification

(2010) Doug Hyatt et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

progressiveMauve: Multiple Genome Alignment with Gene Gain, Loss and Rearrangement

(2010) Aaron E. Darling et al.   PLoS One

Topical curcumin can inhibit deleterious effects of upper respiratory tract bacteria on human oropharyngeal cells in vitro: potential role for patients with cancer therapy induced mucositis?

(2010) Sonja Lüer et al.   SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER

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

(2010) Claudio Donati et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Changes in pneumococcal serotypes and antibiotypes carried by vaccinated and unvaccinated day-care centre attendees in Portugal, a country with widespread use of the seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

(2009) R. Sá-Leão et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

A Novel Integrative Conjugative Element Mediates Genetic Transfer from Group G Streptococcus to Other  -Hemolytic Streptococci

(2009) M. R. Davies et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae Strain Cocolonization in the Nasopharynx

(2009) S. D. Brugger et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Prevalence of erythromycin and clindamycin resistance among clinical isolates of the Streptococcus anginosus group in Germany

(2009) N. Asmah et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Rapid Evolution of Virulence and Drug Resistance in the Emerging Zoonotic Pathogen Streptococcus suis

(2009) Matthew T. G. Holden et al.   PLoS One

Velvet: Algorithms for de novo short read assembly using de Bruijn graphs

(2008) D. R. Zerbino et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Role of Conjugative Elements in the Evolution of the Multidrug-Resistant Pandemic Clone Streptococcus pneumoniaeSpain23F ST81

(2008) N. J. Croucher et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY