Streptococcus suis is an important swine pathogen that can be transmitted to humans by
contact with diseased animals or contaminated raw pork products. This pathogen possesses …

Epigenetic modifications in bacteria, such as DNA methylation, have been shown to affect
gene regulation, thereby generating cells that are isogenic but with distinctly different …

The routine use of genomics for disease surveillance provides the opportunity for high-
resolution bacterial epidemiology. Current whole-genome clustering and multilocus typing …

Streptococcus suis is a swine pathogen and a zoonotic agent afflicting people in close
contact with infected pigs or pork meat. Sporadic cases of human infections have been …

Streptococcus suis, a ubiquitous bacterial colonizer in pigs, has recently extended host
range to humans, leading to a global surge of deadly human infections and three large …

Background Since 2009, the incidence of meningococcal serogroup W disease has
increased rapidly in the UK because of a single strain (the so-called original UK strain) …

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 …

Streptococcus suisis a re-emerging zoonotic pathogen that may cause severe disease,
mostly meningitis, in pigs and in humans having occupational contact with pigs and pork …

Streptococcus suis is a pathogen associated with severe diseases in pigs and humans.
Human infections have a zoonotic origin in pigs. To assess circulating strains, we …

Streptococcus suis is an economically important pathogen of pigs as well as a zoonotic
cause of human disease. Serotyping is used for further characterization of isolates; some …