The emergence of successful Streptococcus pyogenes lineages through convergent pathways of capsule loss and recombination directing high toxin expression
C. E. Turner, M. T. Holden, B. Blane, C. Horner, S. J. Peacock, S. Sriskandan
The paper identifies convergent evolutionary pathways in Streptococcus pyogenes lineages through recombination at the nga-slo locus and capsule loss, associated with increased toxin expression and disease success.
mBio · Dec 24, 2019Peer-reviewedMicrobiology