Streptococcus intermedius is an opportunistic pathogen of humans that causes purulent
infections, including brain and liver abscesses. This pathogen secretes a human-specific …

Streptococcus intermedius is an opportunistic bacterial pathogen secreting a human-specific
cytolysin called intermedilysin (ILY) as a major pathogenic factor. This bacterium can …

Streptococcus intermedius secretes a human-specific cytolysin, intermedilysin (ILY), which is
considered to be the major virulence factor of this pathogen. We screened for a repressor of …

The distribution of intermedilysin, a human-specific cytolysin, among the anginosus group
streptococci and the correlation of toxin production and infection by Streptococcus …

Streptococcus intermedius causes endogenous infections leading to abscesses. This
species produces intermedilysin (ILY), a human‐specific cytolysin. Because of the significant …

Streptococcus intermedius is a member of the normal flora of the mouth but is also an
opportunistic pathogen associated with purulent infections at oral and nonoral sites …

In Streptococcus mutans, both competence and bacteriocin production are controlled by
ComC and the ComED two-component signal transduction system. Recent studies of S …

The unique species specificity of the bacterial cytolysin intermedilysin is explained by its
requirement for the human complement regulator CD59 as the primary receptor. Binding …

Catabolite control protein A (CcpA) is the major transcriptional regulator in carbon catabolite
repression in several Gram-positive bacteria. We attempted to characterize the role of a …

The Streptococcus mutans Cid/Lrg system represents an ideal model for studying this
organism's ability to withstand various stressors encountered in the oral cavity. The lrg and …