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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2025-02-01
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Series: | mBio |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.02993-24 |
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