Streptococcal infections in marine mammals

D Numberger, U Siebert, M Fulde, P Valentin-Weigand - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Marine mammals are sentinels for the marine ecosystem and threatened by numerous
factors including infectious diseases. One of the most frequently isolated bacteria are beta …

Phylogenetic relationship and virulence inference of Streptococcus Anginosus Group: curated annotation and whole-genome comparative analysis support distinct …

AB Olson, H Kent, CD Sibley, ME Grinwis, P Mabon… - BMC genomics, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background The Streptococcus Anginosus Group (SAG) represents three closely
related species of the viridans group streptococci recognized as commensal bacteria of the …

Streptococcus mitis Expressing Pneumococcal Serotype 1 Capsule

FC Lessa, J Milucky, NG Rouphael, NM Bennett… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Streptococcus pneumoniae's polysaccharide capsule is an important virulence factor;
vaccine-induced immunity to specific capsular polysaccharide effectively prevents disease …

Phytocompounds vs. Dental Plaque Bacteria: In vitro Effects of Myrtle and Pomegranate Polyphenolic Extracts Against Single-Species and Multispecies Oral Biofilms

D Sateriale, R Imperatore, R Colicchio… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In the last decades, resistant microbial infection rate has dramatically increased, especially
infections due to biofilm-producing strains that require increasingly complex treatments and …

Quorum sensing peptides selectively penetrate the blood-brain barrier

E Wynendaele, F Verbeke, S Stalmans, B Gevaert… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Bacteria communicate with each other by the use of signaling molecules, a process called
'quorum sensing'. One group of quorum sensing molecules includes the oligopeptides …

From environment to man: genome evolution and adaptation of human opportunistic bacterial pathogens

F Aujoulat, F Roger, A Bourdier, A Lotthé, B Lamy… - Genes, 2012 - mdpi.com
Environment is recognized as a huge reservoir for bacterial species and a source of human
pathogens. Some environmental bacteria have an extraordinary range of activities that …

Population genomics of Streptococcus mitis in UK and Ireland bloodstream infection and infective endocarditis cases

A Kalizang'oma, D Richard… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Streptococcus mitis is a leading cause of infective endocarditis (IE). However, our
understanding of the genomic epidemiology and pathogenicity of IE-associated S. mitis is …

Antibacterial activity of essential oils against oral pathogens

TAS Oliveira, MB Santiago, VHP Santos… - Chemistry & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This updated review article covers the literature between 2011 and 2021 on the antibacterial
activity of EOs against the main bacteria that cause caries and periodontal diseases. The …

Hydrogen peroxide produced by oral streptococci induces macrophage cell death

N Okahashi, M Nakata, T Sumitomo, Y Terao… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) produced by members of the mitis group of oral streptococci
plays important roles in microbial communities such as oral biofilms. Although the …

Uropathogens and gestational outcomes of urinary tract infections in pregnancies that necessitate hospitalization

AT Beksac, G Orgul, A Tanacan, H Uckan… - Current …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Methods: This study consisted of 30 pregnant women who necessitate hospitalization
because of UTI (7.8% of gestational UTIs during the same period of time). UTI that …