Bacterial Capsules

Bacteriology
Identification of Group B Streptococcus Capsule Type by Use of a Dual Phenotypic/Genotypic Assay
Areej Alhhazmi, Armaan Pandey, Gregory J. Tyrrell
Bacteriology
WciG O-Acetyltransferase Functionality Differentiates Pneumococcal Serotypes 35C and 42
K. Aaron Geno, C. Allen Bush, Mengnan Wang, Cheng Jin, Moon H. Nahm, Jinghua Yang
Bacteriology
Discovery of Novel Pneumococcal Serotype 35D, a Natural WciG-Deficient Variant of Serotype 35B
K. Aaron Geno, Jamil S. Saad, Moon H. Nahm
Open Access

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology
A Unique Capsule Locus in the Newly Designated Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Serovar 16 and Development of a Diagnostic PCR Assay
Janine T. Bossé, Yanwen Li, Rita Sárközi, Marcelo Gottschalk, Øystein Angen, Katerina Nedbalcova, Andrew N. Rycroft, László Fodor, Paul R. Langford
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Molecular Discrimination between Neisseria meningitidis Serogroups W-135 and Y Based on the Nucleotide Recognition Domain Sequence of the Capsule Polymerases
Heike Claus, Wataru Matsunaga, Ulrich Vogel
Bacteriology
Genetic Characterization of the Capsulation Locus of Haemophilus influenzae Serotype e
Maria Giufrè, Rita Cardines, Paola Mastrantonio, Marina Cerquetti
Bacteriology
The Nonserotypeable Pneumococcus: Phenotypic Dynamics in the Era of Anticapsular Vaccines
R. Marsh, H. Smith-Vaughan, K. M. Hare, M. Binks, F. Kong, J. Warning, G. L. Gilbert, P. Morris, A. J. Leach
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Rarely Occurring 19A-Like cps Locus from a Serotype 19F Pneumococcal Isolate Indicates Continued Need of Serology-Based Quality Control for PCR-Based Serotype Determinations
Fabiana C. Pimenta, Robert E. Gertz, Alexis Roundtree, Jigui Yu, Moon H. Nahm, Ryan R. McDonald, Maria da Gloria Carvalho, Bernard W. Beall
Bacteriology
Capsular Polysaccharide Synthesis Regions in Klebsiella pneumoniae Serotype K57 and a New Capsular Serotype
Yi-Jiun Pan, Han-Chi Fang, Hui-Ching Yang, Tzu-Lung Lin, Pei-Fang Hsieh, Feng-Chiao Tsai, Yoav Keynan, Jin-Town Wang
Bacteriology
Reevaluating the Serotype II Capsular Locus of Streptococcus agalactiae
E. R. Martins, J. Melo-Cristino, M. Ramirez

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