The LuxS-Dependent Quorum-Sensing System Regulates Early Biofilm Formation by Streptococcus pneumoniae Strain D39

The impact of the competence quorum sensing system on Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilms varies depending on the experimental model

(2011) Claudia Trappetti et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Biofilm formation by Streptococcus pneumoniae strains and effects of human serum albumin, ibuprofen, N-acetyl-l-cysteine, amoxicillin, erythromycin, and levofloxacin

(2010) Gema del Prado et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Revisiting Pneumococcal Carriage by Use of Broth Enrichment and PCR Techniques for Enhanced Detection of Carriage and Serotypes

(2010) M. d. G. Carvalho et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Coinfection withHaemophilus influenzaePromotes Pneumococcal Biofilm Formation during Experimental Otitis Media and Impedes the Progression of Pneumococcal Disease

(2010) Kristin E. D. Weimer et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Early biofilm formation on microtiter plates is not correlated with the invasive disease potential of Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2010) Anel Lizcano et al.   MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS

The Pneumococcal Serine-Rich Repeat Protein Is an Intra-Species Bacterial Adhesin That Promotes Bacterial Aggregation In Vivo and in Biofilms

(2010) Carlos J. Sanchez et al.   PLoS Pathogens

AI-2/LuxS Is Involved in Increased Biofilm Formation by Streptococcus intermedius in the Presence of Antibiotics

(2009) N. A. Ahmed et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Contact with enterocyte-like Caco-2 cells induces rapid upregulation of toxin production byClostridium perfringenstype C isolates

(2009) Jorge E. Vidal et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

LuxS Promotes Biofilm Maturation and Persistence of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae In Vivo via Modulation of Lipooligosaccharides on the Bacterial Surface

(2009) C. E. Armbruster et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

The NanA Neuraminidase of Streptococcus pneumoniae Is Involved in Biofilm Formation

(2009) D. Parker et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Pneumolysin Localizes to the Cell Wall of Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2009) K. E. Price et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Role of biofilm formation in the persistent colonization of Haemophilus influenzae in children from northern India

(2009) S. Sekhar et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention of pneumococcal pneumonia

(2009) Tom van der Poll et al.   LANCET

Signals, Regulatory Networks, and Materials That Build and Break Bacterial Biofilms

(2009) E. Karatan et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Streptococcus Adherence and Colonization

(2009) A. H. Nobbs et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Use of an EZ-Tn5-Based Random Mutagenesis System to Identify a Novel Toxin Regulatory Locus in Clostridium perfringens Strain 13

(2009) Jorge E. Vidal et al.   PLoS One

An Important Site in PBP2x of Penicillin-Resistant Clinical Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Mutational Analysis of Thr338

(2008) I. Zerfass et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Functional analysis of the group A streptococcal luxS/AI-2 system in metabolism, adaptation to stress and interaction with host cells

(2008) Maria Siller et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Novel Approaches to the Identification ofStreptococcus pneumoniaeas the Cause of Community‐Acquired Pneumonia

(2008) Keith P. Klugman et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Isolation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Biofilm Mutants and Their Characterization during Nasopharyngeal Colonization

(2008) E. J. Munoz-Elias et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Streptococcus pneumoniaeDeficient in Pneumolysin or Autolysin Has Reduced Virulence in Meningitis

(2008) Robert A. Hirst et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Penicillin-binding Protein 2x of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Three New Mutational Pathways for Remodelling an Essential Enzyme into a Resistance Determinant

(2008) Patrick Maurer et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The role of Streptococcus pneumoniae virulence factors in host respiratory colonization and disease

(2008) Aras Kadioglu et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY