A new report shows that the human pathogen Streptococcus (S.) pneumoniae (one of the known causes of bacterial pneumonia) has an unusual enzyme that protects foreign DNA taken up during transformation ...

To understand how this pathogen adapts to different locations in the body, and also how the host responds to the invading microbe, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the ...

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine published one of the most comprehensive analyses of how genes get expressed during infection (known as a transcriptome). The analyses ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Natural transformation is a widespread mechanism for genetic exchange in bacteria. Aminoglycoside and fluoroquinolone antibiotics, as well as ...

Vaccinating laboratory mice with Streptococcus mitis bacteria prevents their virulent sibling, Streptococcus pneumoniae from infecting the mice. The research suggests that vaccination of humans with ...

The ancient proverb “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” long predates the discovery of antibiotics. Modern scientists recently found a way put this adage into practice when they found that peptides ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers from Germany conducted a population-based surveillance study to ascertain the etiology of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Streptococcus pneumoniae is an important bacterial pathogen of many infectious diseases affecting infants and ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizes the nasopharynx and can cause pneumonia. Then, it can spread from the lungs to the bloodstream and cause organ damage. This ...

The bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizes the nasopharynx and can cause pneumonia. Then, it can spread to the bloodstream and cause organ damage. To understand how this pathogen adapts to ...