In environments characterized by extended multi-stress conditions, pathogens develop a
variety of immune escape mechanisms to enhance their ability to infect the host. The …

Highlights•Group A Streptococcus infects many body sites, causing clinically distinct
diseases.•Immune responses can promote or inhibit pathogenesis, depending on tissue and …

Background Streptococcus suis is an important zoonotic pathogen that often causes biofilm-
associated infection. Bacterial biofilm-dependent infection is associated with enhanced drug …

The pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-6 regulates antimicrobial responses that are broadly
crucial in the defense against infection. Our prior work shows that IL-6 promotes the killing of …

Streptococcus pyogenes is a human-specific pathogen that commonly colonizes the upper
respiratory tract and skin, causing a wide variety of diseases ranging from pharyngitis to …

The outbreak of mass mortality occurred in Tachysurus fulvidraco farm in Hubei province of
China. The pathogenic strain of Streptococcus iniae (termed 2022SI08) was isolated and …

The hyaluronic acid capsule is crucial in protecting group A Streptococcus (GAS) against
phagocytic killing. However, there have been reported outbreaks caused by capsule …

An out-of-season increase in cases of invasive Group A streptococcus (iGAS) was observed
in Ireland between October 2022 and August 2023. We describe the management of an …

In this research, we examined the production of hyaluronic acid (HA) by Streptococcus
zooepidemicus strain MW26985 using different substrates and potato peel waste (PPW) as …

Beta vulgaris var. crassa is undoubtedly a very important plant that is not used enough in the
world. In this study, it was aimed to determine the cytotoxic activities of the components …