Streptococcus pneumoniae accessory capsular genes modulate fitness, pathogenicity and immune evasion
Jia Mun Chan, Helen R. Flynn, Suji Kim, Hayley Demetriou, Elisa Ramos‐Sevillano, Amal Alsari, Lucy Roalfe, Giuseppe Ercoli, Akuzike Kalizang’oma, Comfort Brown, Chrispin Chaguza, Neil French, Jeremy Brown, David Goldblatt, Luiz Pedro S. de Carvalho, Robert S. Heyderman
The paper shows that accessory capsular genes in Streptococcus pneumoniae enhance fitness, pathogenicity, and immune evasion without capsule switching.
bioRxiv · Sep 11, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology