Capsule type of Streptococcus pneumoniae determines growth phenotype.

The polysaccharide capsule of Streptococcus pneumoniae defines over ninety serotypes, which differ in their carriage prevalence and invasiveness for poorly understood reasons. Recently, an inverse correlation between carriage prevalence and oligosaccharide structure of a given capsule has been descr...

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Main Authors: Lucy J Hathaway, Silvio D Brugger, Brigitte Morand, Mathieu Bangert, Jeannine U Rotzetter, Christoph Hauser, Werner A Graber, Suzanna Gore, Aras Kadioglu, Kathrin Mühlemann
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/b32bdc890c3545e6bcd7c929e3a8c36f
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