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Environmental Acidification Drives S. pyogenes Pilus Expression and Microcolony Formation on Epithelial Cells in a FCT-Dependent Manner

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 is...

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Autores principales: Manetti, Andrea G. O., Köller, Thomas, Becherelli, Marco, Buccato, Scilla, Kreikemeyer, Bernd, Podbielski, Andreas, Grandi, Guido, Margarit, Immaculada
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2974651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21079780
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013864