While some bacteria can thrive for generations in minerals and salts, many require lavish
nutrition and specific chemicals to survive to the point where they can be observed and …

Pneumococcal virulence factors in community-acquired pneumon... : Current Opinion in
Pulmonary Medicine Pneumococcal virulence factors in community-acquired pneumonia …

Polyamines are small cationic molecules that have been linked to various cellular processes
including replication, translation, stress response and recently, capsule regulation in …

Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus, Spn) colonizes the human nasopharynx
asymptomatically but can cause infections such as otitis media, and invasive pneumococcal …

Experimental evolution is a powerful technique to understand how populations evolve from
selective pressures imparted by the surrounding environment. With the advancement of …

Streptococcus pneumoniae is an opportunistic pathogen that can alter its cell surface
phenotype in response to the host environment. We demonstrated that the transcriptional …

Bacteria have evolved complex transcriptional regulatory networks, as well as many diverse
regulatory strategies at the RNA level, to enable more efficient use of metabolic resources …

The global burden of invasive pneumococcal diseases, including pneumonia and sepsis,
caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, a Gram-positive bacterial pathogen, remains a major …

Repeated evolution of functionally similar phenotypes is observed throughout the tree of life.
The extent to which the underlying genetics are conserved remains an area of considerable …

Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is a leading cause of severe invasive
infectious diseases such as sepsis and meningitis. Understanding how pneumococcus …