A teichoic acid-like wall modification associated with immune suppression is socially regulated in Streptococcus pyogenes
Caleb M. Anderson, Reid V. Wilkening, Samy Boulos, Timothy G. Keys, Marc‐Olivier Ebert, Léa V. Zinsli, Janes Krusche, Martin J. Loessner, Sam F. Feldstein, Jennifer C. Chang, Andreas Peschel, Alexander R. Horswill, Yang Shen, Michael J. Federle
This paper identifies a teichoic acid-like cell wall modification in Streptococcus pyogenes that mediates immune suppression and is regulated by quorum sensing.
mBio · Feb 24, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology