Recent studies have provided evidence for rapid pathogen genome diversification, some of
which could potentially affect the course of disease. We have previously described such …

This work describes the diversity and evolution of Tn 5801 among enterococci,
staphylococci, and streptococci based on analysis of the 5,073 genomes of these bacterial …

Summary The genus Streptococcus emcompasses Gram‐positive, catalase‐negative,
facultatively aerobic and homofermentative cocci which produce l (+)‐lactic acid as major …

In bacteria, transformation and restriction-modification (RM) systems play potentially
antagonistic roles. While the former, proposed as a form of sexuality, relies on internalized …

Streptococcus mitis, a normal inhabitant of the oral cavity, is a member of Viridans Group
Streptococci (VGS). Generally recognized as a causative agent of invasive diseases in …

Background Sialic acid (N-acetylneuraminic acid; NeuNAc) is one of the most important
carbohydrates for Streptococcus pneumoniae due of its role as a carbon and energy source …

Background Post-transcriptional regulation by small RNAs (sRNAs) in bacteria is now
recognized as a wide-spread regulatory mechanism modulating a variety of physiological …

Streptococcus mitis (S. mitis) is a pioneer commensal bacterial species colonizing many of
the surfaces of the oral cavity in healthy individuals. Yet, not much information is available …

Interspecies gene transfer has been implicated as the major driving force for the evolution of
penicillin resistance in S treptococcus pneumoniae. Genomic alterations of S. pneumoniae …

The distribution, genome location, and evolution of the four paralogous zinc
metalloproteases, IgA1 protease, ZmpB, ZmpC, and ZmpD, in Streptococcus pneumoniae …