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Nontypeable Pneumococci Can Be Divided into Multiple <i>cps</i> Types, Including One Type Expressing the Novel Gene <i>pspK</i>
25 Apr 2012
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Although virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae is associated with its capsule, some pathogenic S. pneumoniae isolates lack capsules and are serologically nontypeable (NT). We obtained 64 isolates that were identified as NT "pneumococci" (i.e., bacteria satisfying the conventional definition but without the multilocus sequence typing [MLST]-based definition of S. pneumoniae) by the traditional criteria. All 64...
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