Identifying Genetic Variations in emm89 Streptococcus pyogenes Linked to Severe Invasive Infections
Masayuki Ono, Masaya Yamaguchi, Daisuke Motooka, Yujiro Hirose, Kotaro Higashi, Tomoko Sumitomo, Tohru Miyoshi‐Akiyama, Rumi Okuno, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Ryuji Kawahara, Hitoshi Otsuka, Noriko Nakanishi, Yu Kazawa, Chikara Nakagawa, Ryo Yamaguchi, , Shigetada Kawabata
The paper identifies genetic variations in emm89 Streptococcus pyogenes associated with invasive infections using genome-wide association studies and validates one mutation's effect on bacterial growth.
eLife · Jul 24, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology