The pneumococcal bacteriocin streptococcin B is produced as part of the early competence cascade and promotes intraspecies competition

The pneumococcal bacteriocin streptococcin B is produced as part of the early competence cascade and promotes intraspecies competition

ABSTRACT Streptococcus pneumoniae is an important human pathogen that normally resides in the human nasopharynx. Competence-mediated bacteriocin expression by S. pneumoniae plays a major role in both the establishment and persistence of colonization on this polymicrobial surface. Over 20 distinct ba...

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Main Authors: J. D. Richardson, Emily Guo, Ryan M. Wyllie, Paul Jensen, Suzanne Dawid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2025-02-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
quorum sensing
bacteriocins
Streptococcus pneumoniae
genetic competence
interbacterial competition
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.02993-24
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