Insight into the composition of the intercellular matrix ofStreptococcus pneumoniaebiofilms

Fratricide Is Essential for Efficient Gene Transfer between Pneumococci in Biofilms

(2012) Hua Wei et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

In VitroDestruction of Streptococcus pneumoniae Biofilms with Bacterial and Phage Peptidoglycan Hydrolases

(2011) Mirian Domenech et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

The Expanding Horizons of Asparagine-Linked Glycosylation

(2011) Angelyn Larkin et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Bacterial Virulence in the Moonlight: Multitasking Bacterial Moonlighting Proteins Are Virulence Determinants in Infectious Disease

(2011) Brian Henderson et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

LuxS Mediates Iron-Dependent Biofilm Formation, Competence, and Fratricide in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2011) Claudia Trappetti et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Extracellular DNA in Biofilms

(2011) Lucio Montanaro et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL ORGANS

Unexpected and widespread connections between bacterial glycogen and trehalose metabolism

(2011) G. Chandra et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Biofilm formation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2011) Mirian Domenech et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Purification and Characterization of an Active N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferase Enzyme Complex from Streptococci

(2010) R. Wu et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Cellular interactions by LPxTG-anchored pneumococcal adhesins and their streptococcal homologues

(2010) J. Löfling et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Extracellular DNA is abundant and important for microcolony strength in mixed microbial biofilms

(2010) Dominik Marek Dominiak et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A Novel Glucosyltransferase Is Required for Glycosylation of a Serine-rich Adhesin and Biofilm Formation byStreptococcus parasanguinis

(2010) Meixian Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Extracellular DNA: A Major Proinflammatory Component of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms

(2010) J. I. Fuxman Bass et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

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

Insights into pneumococcal fratricide from the crystal structures of the modular killing factor LytC

(2010) Inmaculada Pérez-Dorado et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Prophage Spontaneous Activation Promotes DNA Release Enhancing Biofilm Formation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2010) Margarida Carrolo et al.   PLoS One

Beta toxin catalyzes formation of nucleoprotein matrix in staphylococcal biofilms

(2010) M. J. Huseby et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Staphylococcus aureus Beta-Toxin Induces Lung Injury through Syndecan-1

(2009) Atsuko Hayashida et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Characterization of structures in biofilms formed by a Pseudomonas fluorescens isolated from soil

(2009) Marc M Baum et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Crystal structure of CbpF, a bifunctional choline-binding protein and autolysis regulator from Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2009) Rafael Molina et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Biofilm characteristics of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates associated with device-related meningitis

(2009) N. T. Stevens et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

The pneumococcus: why a commensal misbehaves

(2009) Jeffrey N. Weiser   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE-JMM

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

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

Characterization of biofilm matrix, degradation by DNase treatment and evidence of capsule downregulation in Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates

(2008) Luanne Hall-Stoodley et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Eutectic Phase in Water-Ice: A Self-Assembled Environment Conducive to Metal-Catalyzed Non-Enzymatic RNA Polymerization

(2008) Pierre-Alain Monnard et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIODIVERSITY

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

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

Biofilms and Chronic Infections

(2008) Randall D. Wolcott   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Nonspecific Activity of Bacillus acidopullulyticus Pullulanase on Debranching of Guar Galactomannan

(2008) Mysore S. Shobha et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

The Carbohydrate-Active EnZymes database (CAZy): an expert resource for Glycogenomics

(2008) B. L. Cantarel et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH