Phages and the evolution of bacterial pathogens: from genomic rearrangements to lysogenic conversion

H Brüssow, C Canchaya… - … and molecular biology …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
Comparative genomics demonstrated that the chromosomes from bacteria and their viruses
(bacteriophages) are coevolving. This process is most evident for bacterial pathogens where …

Comparative genomics: the bacterial pan-genome

H Tettelin, D Riley, C Cattuto, D Medini - Current opinion in microbiology, 2008 - Elsevier
Bacterial genome sequencing has become so easy and accessible that the genomes of
multiple strains of more and more individual species have been and will be generated …

Genome analysis of multiple pathogenic isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae: Implications for the microbial “pan-genome”

H Tettelin, V Masignani… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
The development of efficient and inexpensive genome sequencing methods has
revolutionized the study of human bacterial pathogens and improved vaccine design …

Streptococcus Adherence and Colonization

AH Nobbs, RJ Lamont… - … and molecular biology …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Streptococci readily colonize mucosal tissues in the nasopharynx; the respiratory,
gastrointestinal, and genitourinary tracts; and the skin. Each ecological niche presents a …

Molecular basis of bacterial resistance to chloramphenicol and florfenicol

S Schwarz, C Kehrenberg, B Doublet… - FEMS microbiology …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Chloramphenicol (Cm) and its fluorinated derivative florfenicol (Ff) represent highly potent
inhibitors of bacterial protein biosynthesis. As a consequence of the use of Cm in human …

Prophage genomics

C Canchaya, C Proux, G Fournous… - Microbiology and …, 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol
The majority of the bacterial genome sequences deposited in the National Center for
Biotechnology Information database contain prophage sequences. Analysis of the …

Multilocus sequence typing system for group B streptococcus

N Jones, JF Bohnsack, S Takahashi… - Journal of clinical …, 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A multilocus sequence typing (MLST) system was developed for group B
streptococcus (GBS). The system was used to characterize a collection (n= 152) of globally …

Group B streptococcal maternal colonization and neonatal disease: molecular mechanisms and preventative approaches

KA Patras, V Nizet - Frontiers in pediatrics, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) colonizes the gastrointestinal and vaginal epithelium of a
significant percentage of healthy women, with potential for ascending intrauterine infection …

The double life of group B Streptococcus: asymptomatic colonizer and potent pathogen

B Armistead, E Oler, KA Waldorf, L Rajagopal - Journal of molecular biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a β-hemolytic gram-positive bacterium that colonizes the
lower genital tract of approximately 18% of women globally as an asymptomatic member of …

Streptococcus agalactiae clones infecting humans were selected and fixed through the extensive use of tetracycline

V Da Cunha, MR Davies, PE Douarre… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus, GBS) is a commensal of the
digestive and genitourinary tracts of humans that emerged as the leading cause of bacterial …