TY - JOUR AU - Nasher, Fauzy AU - Förster, Sunniva AU - Yildirim, Efe C. AU - Grandgirard, Denis AU - Leib, Stephen L. AU - Heller, Manfred AU - Hathaway, Lucy J. PY - 2018 DA - 2018/03/27 TI - Foreign peptide triggers boost in pneumococcal metabolism and growth JO - BMC Microbiology SP - 23 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria are successful colonizers of the human nasopharynx and often possess genes aliB-like ORF 1 and 2 in place of capsule genes. AliB-like ORF 2 binds peptide FPPQSV, found in Prevotella species, resulting in enhanced colonization. How this response is mediated is so far unknown. SN - 1471-2180 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-018-1167-y DO - 10.1186/s12866-018-1167-y ID - Nasher2018 ER -