Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 33G: genetic, serological, and structural analysis of a new capsule type

Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 33G: genetic, serological, and structural analysis of a new capsule type

ABSTRACT Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is a human pathogen responsible for a spectrum of diseases such as pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis. The capsule is the major pneumococcal virulence factor and is encoded by the capsular polysaccharide (cps) locus, a recombination hotspot that ha...

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Main Authors: Sam Manna, Joel P. Werren, Belinda D. Ortika, Barbara Bellich, Casey L. Pell, Elissavet Nikolaou, Ilche Gjuroski, Stephanie Lo, Jason Hinds, Odgerel Tundev, Eileen M. Dunne, Bradford D. Gessner, Stephen D. Bentley, Fiona M. Russell, E. Kim Mulholland, Tuya Mungun, Claire von Mollendorf, Paul V. Licciardi, Paola Cescutti, Neil Ravenscroft, Markus Hilty, Catherine Satzke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2024-01-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
Streptococcus pneumoniae
capsule
serotypes
recombination
vaccines
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.03579-23

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