M.-K. Taha

Crippling the bacterial cell wall molecular machinery

This study identifies the role of lytic transglycosylase LtgA in bacterial cell wall integrity and shows that targeting it can impair Neisseria meningitidis fitness during infection.

Haemophilus to meningococci transfer of beta-lactamase

The paper reports the detection of a beta-lactamase-producing invasive meningococcal isolate in France, suggesting horizontal gene transfer from Haemophilus influenzae.