MicrobiologybioRxiv
Post-vaccine epidemiology of serotype 3 pneumococci identifies transformation inhibition through prophage-driven alteration of a non-coding RNA
M. J. Kwun, A. V. Ion, H.-C. Cheng…·N. J. Croucher
The paper identifies prophage-driven modification of a non-coding RNA that inhibits transformation in pneumococci, explaining the persistence of serotype 3 despite vaccination.
DOI 10.1186/s13073-022-01147-2