[HTML][HTML] The bacterial pangenome as a new tool for analysing pathogenic bacteria

L Rouli, V Merhej, PE Fournier, D Raoult - New microbes and new …, 2015 - Elsevier
The bacterial pangenome was introduced in 2005 and, in recent years, has been the subject
of many studies. Thanks to progress in next-generation sequencing methods, the …

Streptococcus suis vaccines: candidate antigens and progress

M Segura - Expert review of vaccines, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Streptococcus suis is a major swine pathogen and an emerging zoonotic agent of human
meningitis and streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome. S. suis is a well-encapsulated …

PanOCT: automated clustering of orthologs using conserved gene neighborhood for pan-genomic analysis of bacterial strains and closely related species

DE Fouts, L Brinkac, E Beck, J Inman… - Nucleic acids …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Pan-genome ortholog clustering tool (PanOCT) is a tool for pan-genomic analysis of closely
related prokaryotic species or strains. PanOCT uses conserved gene neighborhood …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative Genomics of the Bacterial Genus Streptococcus Illuminates Evolutionary Implications of Species Groups

XY Gao, XY Zhi, HW Li, HP Klenk, WJ Li - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Members of the genus Streptococcus within the phylum Firmicutes are among the most
diverse and significant zoonotic pathogens. This genus has gone through considerable …

Structural basis for adaptation of lactobacilli to gastrointestinal mucus

S Etzold, OI Kober, DA MacKenzie… - Environmental …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The mucus layer covering the gastrointestinal (GI) epithelium is critical in selecting and
maintaining homeostatic interactions with our gut bacteria. However, the underpinning …

Genetic analysis of capsular polysaccharide synthesis gene clusters from all serotypes of Streptococcus suis: potential mechanisms for generation of capsular …

M Okura, D Takamatsu, F Maruyama… - Applied and …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Streptococcus suis strains are classified into 35 serotypes on the basis of the antigenicity of
their capsular polysaccharides (CPs). CP synthesis genes are known to be clustered on the …

Minimum core genome sequence typing of bacterial pathogens: a unified approach for clinical and public health microbiology

C Chen, W Zhang, H Zheng, R Lan… - Journal of clinical …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacterial pathogens impose a heavy health burden worldwide. In the new era of high-
throughput sequencing and online bioinformatics, real-time genome typing of infecting …

[HTML][HTML] Determining Streptococcus suis serotype from short-read whole-genome sequencing data

TBT Athey, S Teatero, S Lacouture, D Takamatsu… - BMC microbiology, 2016 - Springer
Background Streptococcus suis is divided into 29 serotypes based on a serological reaction
against the capsular polysaccharide (CPS). Multiplex PCR tests targeting the cps locus are …

A brief review of software tools for pangenomics

J Xiao, Z Zhang, J Wu, J Yu - Genomics, Proteomics and …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Since the proposal for pangenomic study, there have been a dozen software tools actively in
use for pangenomic analysis. By the end of 2014, Panseq and the pan-genomes analysis …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative analysis of Streptococcus suis genomes identifies novel candidate virulence-associated genes in North American isolates

AA Estrada, M Gottschalk, CJ Gebhart, DG Marthaler - Veterinary research, 2022 - Springer
Streptococcus suis is a significant economic and welfare concern in the swine industry. Pan-
genome analysis provides an in-silico approach for the discovery of genes involved in …