Expression of the lux genes in Streptococcus pneumoniae modulates pilus expression and virulence

• Jenny A. Herbert,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Microbiology and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• Andrea M. Mitchell,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Microbiology and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Technology Hub Manager, Infrastructure and Facilities, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Ryan Ritchie,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• Jiangtao Ma,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• Kirsty Ross-Hutchinson,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• Timothy J. Mitchell

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: t.j.mitchell@bham.ac.uk

  Affiliations Institute of Microbiology and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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