Streptococcus agalactiae
- MethodsStable Expression of Modified Green Fluorescent Protein in Group B Streptococci To Enable Visualization in Experimental Systems
Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a bacterium associated with various diseases in humans and animals. This study describes the development of a strategy to label and visualize GBS using a fluorescence biomarker, termed GFPmut3. We show that this biomarker can be successfully applied to track the growth of bacteria in liquid medium, and it enables the detailed visualization of GBS in the context of live human cells in real-time microscopic...
- Evolutionary and Genomic MicrobiologyMicroevolution of Streptococcus agalactiae ST-261 from Australia Indicates Dissemination via Imported Tilapia and Ongoing Adaptation to Marine Hosts or Environment
Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) is a significant pathogen of humans and animals. Some lineages have become adapted to particular hosts, and serotype Ib is highly specialized to fish. Here, we show that this lineage is likely to have been distributed widely by the global trade in tilapia for aquaculture, with probable introduction into Australia in the 1970s and...
- Enzymology and Protein EngineeringLambdaSa1 and LambdaSa2 Prophage Lysins of Streptococcus agalactiae
- Evolutionary and Genomic MicrobiologyMobile Genetic Elements Provide Evidence for a Bovine Origin of Clonal Complex 17 of Streptococcus agalactiae
- PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGYGranadaene: Proposed Structure of the Group B Streptococcus Polyenic Pigment
- PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGYPeptidoglycan Hydrolase Fusions Maintain Their Parental Specificities
- PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGYPigment Production by Streptococcus agalactiae in Quasi-Defined Media