Major pathogenic clonal complexes (cc) of Neisseria meningitidis differ substantially in their
point prevalence among healthy carriers. We show that frequently carried pathogenic cc (eg …

Extracellular DNA (eDNA) is an essential constituent of the extracellular matrix of biofilms of
many microorganisms. In spite of many studies, it has long remained unclear how exactly …

N eisseria meningitidis is a common and usually harmless inhabitant of the mucosa of the
human nasopharynx, which, in rare cases, can cross the epithelial barrier and cause …

Neisseria meningitidis is the etiologic agent of meningococcal meningitis. We compared 48-
h biofilm formation by N. meningitidis serogroup B strains NMB, MC58, C311 and isogenic …

Biofilm formation by the human pathogen Neisseria meningitidis was analyzed. Biofilm-
forming meningococcal strains were identified and quantitated by crystal violet staining …

The past decade has seen an increasing interest in biofilm formation by Neisseria
meningitidis, a human facultative pathogen causing life-threatening childhood disease …

The present study, using robotized DNA isolation and quantitative PCR based on the
Neisseria meningitidis-specific capsular transport A gene, demonstrates the ease, rapidity …

We compared exemplar strains from two hypervirulent clonal complexes, strain NMB-CDC
from ST-8/11 cc and strain MC58 from ST-32/269 cc, in host cell attachment and invasion …

Differential gene regulation in the human pathogen Neisseria meningitidis group B (MenB)
and in Neisseria lactamica, a human commensal species, was studied by whole genome …

Neisseria meningitidis is the cause of septicemia and meningococcal meningitis. During the
course of infection, N. meningitidis encounters multiple environments within its host, which …