Streptococcus suis is an important pathogen causing economic problems in the pig industry.
Moreover, it is a zoonotic agent causing severe infections to people in close contact with …

Holins form pores in the cytoplasmic membranes of bacteria for the primary purpose of
releasing endolysins that hydrolyze the cell wall and induce cell death. Holins are encoded …

Streptococcus suis (ex Elliot 1966, Kilpper-Bälz & Schleifer 1987) is a facultatively anaerobic
Gram-positive ovoid or coccal bacterium surrounded by a polysaccharide capsule. Based on …

A new strain of Bacillus coagulans CGMCC 9551, which has a broad range of antibacterial
activities against six main pathogenic bacteria including Escherichia coli O8 …

Characterization of 227 Streptococcus suis strains isolated from pigs during 2010 to 2013
showed high levels of resistance to clindamycin (95.6%), tilmicosin (94.7%), tylosin (93.8%) …

Abstract Membrane Attack Complex/Perforin (MACPF) and Cholesterol-Dependent
Cytolysins (CDC) form the MACPF/CDC superfamily of important effector proteins …

Streptococcus suis is an important pig pathogen with potential for human transmission. The
serotype distributions and phenotypic characteristics vary over time and among regions; …

The main role of CodY, a global regulatory protein in most low G+ C gram-positive bacteria,
is in transcriptional repression. To study the functions of CodY in Streptococcus suis …

Pig rearing is an important income source in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR),
with many smallholder farmers using traditional free-range pig production systems. Despite …

Streptococcus suis serotype 2 is an important zoonotic pathogen causing severe infections
in pigs and humans. The pathogenesis of S. suis 2 infections, however, is still poorly …