The genus Streptococcus comprises important pathogens, many of them are part of the
human or animal microbiota. Advances in molecular genetics, taxonomic approaches and …

Iron plays a vital role in the maintenance of life, being central to various cellular processes,
from respiration to gene regulation. It is essential for iron to be stored in a nontoxic and …

Hepatology Publish Ahead of Print DOI:10.1097/HEP.0000000000001133 Page 1 The de-sulfinylation
enzyme sulfiredoxin-1 attenuates hepatic stellate cell activation and liver fibrosis by …

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a gram-positive, aerotolerant bacterium that naturally
colonizes the human nasopharynx, but also causes invasive infections and is a major cause …

Correct identifications of isolates and strains of the Mitis-Group of the genus Streptococcus
are particularly difficult, due to high genetic similarity, resulting from horizontal gene transfer …

Streptococcus pneumoniae is well known for phase variation between opaque (O) and
transparent (T) colonies within clonal populations. While the O variant is specialized in …

Heme is an essential metabolite for most life on earth. Bacterial pathogens almost
universally require iron to infect a host, often acquiring this nutrient in the form of heme. The …

Streptococcus pneumoniae (Spn) is an important Gram-positive human pathogen that
causes millions of infections worldwide with an increasing occurrence of antibiotic …

Streptococcus pneumoniae is able to cause deadly diseases by infecting different tissues,
each with distinct environmental and nutritional compositions. We hypothesize that the …

Many bacteria can migrate from a free‐living, planktonic state to an attached, biofilm
existence. One factor regulating this transition in the facultative plant pathogen …