Comparative Genomic Analyses of Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae Provide Insight into Virulence and Commensalism Dynamics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Shahinas, Dea ^a   Thornton, Christina S ^b   Tamber, Gurdip Singh ^c   Arya, Gitanjali ^c   Wong, Andrew ^c   Jamieson, Frances B ^a,c   Ma, Jennifer H ^c   Alexander, David C ^a,c   Low, Donald E ^a   Pillai, Dylan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PNEUMOLYSIN; PROTEIN PCPA; PROTEIN PSPA; PROTEIN PSPC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ETHYLHYDROCUPREINE; QUININE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMENSALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PSEUDOPNEUMONIAE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; AGED; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PROCEDURES; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYMBIOSIS;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PSEUDOPNEUMONIAE;

AGED; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMONIA; QUININE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84879243862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065670     Document Type: Article

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