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Environmental acidification drives S. pyogenes pilus expression and microcolony formation on epithelial cells in a FCT-dependent manner.
PloS one - 5 Nov 2010
Manetti Andrea G O, Köller Thomas, Becherelli Marco, Buccato Scilla, Kreikemeyer Bernd, Podbielski Andreas, Grandi Guido, Margarit Immaculada
Abstract excerpt
Group A Streptococcus (GAS, Streptococcus pyogenes) is a gram-positive human pathogen responsible for a diverse variety of diseases, including pharyngitis, skin infections, invasive necrotizing fasciitis and autoimmune sequelae. We have recently shown that GAS cell adhesion and biofilm formation...
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