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SUBMITTER: Rosini R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4422693 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rosini Roberto R Campisi Edmondo E De Chiara Matteo M Tettelin Hervé H Rinaudo Daniela D Toniolo Chiara C Metruccio Matteo M Guidotti Silvia S Sørensen Uffe B Skov UB Kilian Mogens M Ramirez Mario M Janulczyk Robert R Donati Claudio C Grandi Guido G Margarit Immaculada I
PloS one 20150506 5
The human and bovine bacterial pathogen Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus, GBS) expresses a thick polysaccharide capsule that constitutes a major virulence factor and vaccine target. GBS can be classified into ten distinct serotypes differing in the chemical composition of their capsular polysaccharide. However, non-typeable strains that do not react with anti-capsular sera are frequently isolated from colonized and infected humans and cattle. To gain a comprehensive insight into t ...[more]